Tag: Anthropology
Study exposes family secret at North America’s first permanent English settlement
The Jamestown settlement in the Colony of Virginia was the first permanent English settlement to be established in the Americas.
Child sacrifice and close relative mating found among Paquimé elites
A DNA analysis of a sacrificial child burial at the Mexican site of Paquimé has revealed evidence of close relative mating among elites.
Study shows osteological evidence of severed hands in Ancient Egypt
In a new study published in the journal Springer, the severed right hands from 12 individuals have been analysed osteologically, revealing trophy-taking practices in Ancient Egypt.
Face of 19th-century ‘Connecticut vampire’ reconstructed
Researchers have revealed the face of the ‘Connecticut vampire’ using forensic facial reconstruction.
Archaeologists unearth soldiers killed in Battle of Camden
Archaeologists have unearthed the skeletal remains of soldiers that died in the Battle of Camden during the Revolutionary War.
Prehistoric roots of ‘cold sore’ virus traced through ancient herpes DNA
Ancient genomes from the herpes virus that commonly causes lip sores – and currently infects some 3.7 billion people globally – have been uncovered and sequenced for the first time by an international team of scientists led by the University of Cambridge.