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Top 10 discoveries about ancient people from DNA in 2023

This year's highlights include ways of finding ancient relatives, how some phenotypes evolved in ancient people, and trace evidence from artifacts.

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Top 10 discoveries about ancient people from DNA in 2022

Research on ancient genomes has moved way beyond population mixture into broader questions about how ancient people lived and interacted with their environments.

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Should archaeologists really fear and loathe geneticists?

An article in Nature focuses on the tension between archaeologists and ancient DNA specialists.

Should archaeologists really fear and loathe geneticists?