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

New DNA evidence from Pompeii’s body casts reveals that traditional assumptions about residents’ relationships and origins ...

Shocking DNA evidence finds that the identities of bodies at Pompeii are completely different than what scientists have ...

Researchers have revealed the truth about Pompeii’s history and societal structure thanks to ancient DNA analyses.

The results, published Nov. 7 in Current Biology, reveal that some of the stories told for decades about the individuals’ ...

In 79 CE, the active volcanic system in southern Italy known as Somma-Vesuvius erupted, burying the small Roman town of ...

After viruses infected our evolutionary ancestors, bits of viral DNA lodged themselves into their genomes—and we still carry ...

And one of the two sisters locked in a hug turns out to be a male. Scientists analyzed ancient DNA extracted from skeletal remains and pieced together fragments of five people’s identities ...

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But new DNA evidence suggests things were not as they seem—and these prevailing interpretations come from looking at the ancient world through modern eyes. "We were able to disprove or challenge ...