Researchers have used ancient DNA to challenge long-held interpretations of the people of Pompeii. Contrary to physical appearances, the DNA evidence revealed unexpected variations in gender and ...

When a volcanic eruption buried the ancient city of Pompeii, the last desperate moments of its citizens were preserved in ...

Kissing is something humans do everyday as an act of endearment and affection, but have you ever wondered where it came from?

POMPEII, Italy ( KMID/KPEJ) – A family frozen in time by the volcanic eruption that hit Pompeii nearly two millennia ago.

New DNA evidence from the ruins of the ancient city of Pompeii reveal that many of the presumptuous narratives about the ...

Anthropologists have spent decades documenting a mysterious collection of symbols etched into the Peruvian desert, depicting everything from human decapitation and domesticated animals to ...

Ancient DNA has revealed surprises about the identities of some people who perished in the ancient Roman town of Pompeii ...

Complicated births may not have arisen in humans as a trade-off between our need for big brains and pelvises suitable for ...

David Caramelli, an anthropology professor at the University of Florence ... many of Rome’s inhabitants were immigrants from ...

Scans of mummies at Chicago’s Field Museum of Natural History uncovered new details about how they were prepared for the afterlife and helped solve a baffling mystery.

In this feature, we learn about the genomic and anthropological integration of data informing human population histories.