The North Sea is home to the remains of a vast land that has been lost to time and is referred to as Doggerland, the area of ...

Researchers uncovered millions of ancient plant DNA switches—some older than flowering plants themselves—revealing a hidden evolutionary blueprint stretching back 400 million years. Most people have ...

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Scientists have uncovered an enormous hidden archive of plant DNA that has endured for more than 400 million years. By comparing hundreds of plant genomes, researchers identified more than 2.3 million ...

New analysis of ancient parrot DNA has revealed that vibrant Amazonian parrots were transported alive across the Andes to coastal Peru centuries before the Inca Empire, highlighting a sophisticated ...

An interdisciplinary study recently published in Nature Communications provides a clearer picture of life in Central Europe ...

Scientists have identified DNA that is around 200,000 years old at an open-air archaeological site in Germany, a place where experts once believed suc.

Learn how ancient DNA and isotope analysis revealed that Amazon parrots were transported alive across the Andes to coastal Peru in a pre-Inca trade network.

A study has traced thousands of conserved regulatory elements back 300 million years, revealing deep principles of plant ...

Humans were moving between Siberia and northern China far earlier than thought, according to a new study that offers a detailed new picture of East Asia’s population history. Northern East Asia, which ...

Researchers examined ceremonial parrot feathers discovered far out of their native ranges and found signs of a far-reaching trade network. This ancient network was established before the 13th Century.