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DNA
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Ancient Bacterial DNA Hints Europe’s Black Death Started in Central Asia
Archaeological and genetic data from a 1330s graveyard point to the bubonic plague’s origin. Although best known as…
Ancient DNA Reveals the Multiethnic Structure of Mongolia’s First Nomadic Empire
Long obscured in the shadows of history, the world’s first nomadic empire—the Xiongnu—is at last coming into view…