A study of ancient human DNA from a wetland region in Belgium, western Germany, and the Netherlands yielded surprising ...

Ancient DNA studies show that between 6500 and 4000 BCE, descendants of western Anatolian farmers mix with local hunter-gatherers across Europe, leading to 70–100% ancestry turnover in most regions - ...

High-tech DNA analysis of skeletons buried 8,000 years ago in France reveals that the last hunter-gatherer groups in Europe likely developed cultural strategies to avoid inbreeding, a new study ...

Stressed out American parents who suspect that child-rearing used to be easier may be right. The average mother among one Congolese foraging people has at least 10 people to help hold her baby — and ...

Italian centenarians have a higher proportion of DNA inherited from ancient hunter-gatherers compared to the general population, according to a new study that could lead to better understanding of ...

Ancestral genes might be the key behind long lives in humans. Hunter-gatherer ancestors have passed down plenty of information that shaped society, such as inventing fire for cooking and creating ...

Ancient DNA reveals hunter-gatherers in north-western Europe, including the Netherlands and Belgium, adopted farming slowly, influenced by female migrants.

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According to the team's calculations, the simple fact of having a more marked filiation with these prehistoric ancestors (one standard deviation higher than the mean) increases the probability of ...

Analytical frames of reference in hunter-gatherer research / Peter Jordan and Vicki Cummings -- Defining hunter-gatherers : Enlightenment, Romantic, and social evolutionary perspectives / Alan Barnard ...