The ethics of the scientific study of Ancestors has long been debated by archaeologists,
bioanthropologists, and, more recently, ancient DNA (aDNA) researchers. This article …

Over the past two decades, the study of ancient genomes from Ancestral humans, or human
paleogenomic research, has expanded rapidly in both scale and scope. Ethical discourse …

By sequencing 727 ancient individuals from the Southern Arc (Anatolia and its neighbors in
Southeastern Europe and West Asia) over 10,000 years, we contextualize its Chalcolithic …

Major advances over the past decade in the field of ancient DNA are providing access to
past paleogenomic diversity, but the diverse functions and biosynthetic capabilities of this …

The indigenous population of the Canary Islands, which colonized the archipelago around
the 3rd century CE, provides both a window into the past of North Africa and a unique model …

We present the first ancient DNA data from the Pre-Pottery Neolithic of Mesopotamia
(Southeastern Turkey and Northern Iraq), Cyprus, and the Northwestern Zagros, along with …

Ancient DNA research in the past decade has revealed that European population structure
changed dramatically in the prehistoric period (14,000–3000 years before present, YBP) …

Paleogenomics-the study of ancient genomes-has made significant contributions, especially
to our understanding of the evolutionary history of humans. This knowledge influx has been …

Literary and archaeological sources have preserved a rich history of Southern Europe and
West Asia since the Bronze Age that can be complemented by genetics. Mycenaean period …

Collections of human remains in scientific and private institutions have a long tradition,
though throughout history there has often been variable regard for the respect and dignity …