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Ancient DNA analysis indicates that Scandinavia's first farmers violently replaced the region's hunter-gatherer population, rather than peacefully coexisting or intermixing with them.
Recent scientific discoveries, including the identification of 'ghost' ancestors and ancient tools, are radically revising the understanding of human origins through DNA analysis and multidisciplinary research.
Researchers using ancestral recombination graphs found evidence of a third 'ghost' human lineage in Africa that interbred with modern humans before the out-of-Africa migration.
Ancient DNA from plague bacteria found in teeth of hunter-gatherers in Siberia reveals the earliest known plague outbreak, challenging assumptions that plague emerged with farming.