The nomadic cultures of the Iron Age played an important role in shaping the genetic and cultural landscape of Eurasian populations. Yet despite its k…
How agriculture emerged in East Asia and the demographic and social dynamics associated with this transition remain incompletely understood. Here, we …
Central Asians are underrepresented in genomic research, limiting insights into their genetic history and disease risk. We established the Central Asi…
This multidisciplinary study investigated an isolated La Tène period burial near the village of Aholming in southern Germany. The moderately well-pres…
The Eurasian Steppe in the first millennium BCE saw the rise of the Scytho-Siberian archaeological horizon, which would come to stretch from the Altai…
Archaeological, osteological and genetic evidence suggests that Neanderthals lived in small groups1,2; however, less is known about whether these grou…
Previous efforts to link Palaeolithic cultural records to specific populations through DNA analysis have focused on materials from archaeological floo…
Plague is among the most devastating diseases in human history1. However, early strains of the plague-causing bacterium Yersinia pestis lacked virulen…
During the Iron Age (800–100 BCE), northeastern Iberia was shaped by interactions among local communities and Mediterranean societies. Iberian cultura…
This paper tracks long-distance migration on the Pacific coast that began no later than the thirteenth century CE. Genome-wide data for all 21 sampled…
Ningxia, located at a key crossroads between the Eurasian Steppe and East Asia, was an important corridor for cultural exchange and human migration, y…
Megalithic monuments in Late Neolithic Europe are often viewed as symbols of shared ancestry. In this study, we analyzed genome-wide data of 203 indiv…
The deep-water Wallace’s line marks a major biogeographic boundary separating western and eastern Indonesia, yet the origin of this genetic divide rem…
The process of the European Atlantic expansion, in its search for new territories to dominate and exploit, was consolidated in the 15th century, with …
The Shatuo Turks played a pivotal role in late Tang and Five Dynasties China. However, similar to other Turkic groups, the genetic history and populat…
The emergence of new political and social structures in Western and Central Europe during the transition from Antiquity to the Middle Ages has long be…
genomes of 30 individuals (all radiocarbon-dated to the range of c.4000-1300 BCE) from twelve sites in southwestern England and identified a sharp gen…
The Piasts were one of the royal dynasties that shaped the political structure of medieval Europe in the 10th century CE. Despite their importance, as…