A couple of years ago, I and other family members traced our DNA through FamilyTree.com. My DNA—so that of my father, his Greek father and so on—tested into Haplogroup R1a1, meaning our Y chromosomes ...
In the past twenty years, major technological advances in extracting and analyzing DNA have transformed the ability to ...
DNA research is shedding new light on the mysterious ancient Minoan civilization on the island of Crete and their counterparts on the Greek mainland, the Mycenaeans. The civilizations were Europe’s ...
Ancient DNA from Mycenaean livestock reveals a rare western Mediterranean lineage in pigs at Tiryns, offering new insight ...
Using new scientific tools, archaeologists discovered that an ancient Greek leader known today as the Griffin Warrior likely grew up around the seaside city he would one day rule. The findings are ...
Scientists believe the find could push the boundaries of DNA analysis. Divers work next to skeletal remains found at an ancient shipwreck near the island of Antikythera, Greece, Sept. 6, 2016. Greek ...
At best, Cypriot men are 30 per cent of Greek descent, a study constructing the DNA reference of Cypriots has so far shown. This indicates the island’s population has more genetic similarities with ...