Important uses for genealogy fall into two broad categories — ethnicity and relationships among individuals. Over the next ...

Ancient DNA research is revealing that human populations have long been shaped by migration and genetic mixing, overturning ideas of fixed or pure lineages. Findings from early ancient Egypt to Bronze ...

Archaeological sites such as the Franchthi Cave on the Argolid peninsula have provided evidence of continuous human occupation from around 38,000 BC to 3000 BC. These early hunter-gatherers left ...

Abstract: Most of the Y chromosome (Ychr) region (approximately 95%) passes unchanged from father to son, except by the gradual accumulation of single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) mutations. This ...

Explore the fascinating DNA results of the Paracas elongated skulls in Peru and uncover the mysterious genetic origins of this ancient civilization. Learn how these unique skulls reveal surprising ...

Metabolic and genetic abnormalities have long been noted in cardiovascular diseases, but the contribution of mitochondrial genetic (mitochondrial DNA [mtDNA]) variation is understudied. Mitochondrial ...

Archaeology 'Lifelong monogamy' and 'half orphans': DNA analysis reveals clues about life on the Roman frontier after the fall of Rome Ancient Egyptians Egyptian mummy has part of the 'Iliad' in its ...

ybyra is a Snakemake workflow which calls Y-chromosome haplogroups from bam files by using a tree-based scoring of derived and ancestral SNP calls. To run ybyra, clone this repository or download a ...

From the creation of Adam, until the birth of Noah (as a significant proportion of the world believes), there are eleven generations of his line; Adam, Cain and his brother Abel, Seth, Enosh, Cainain, ...

yhaplo identifies the Y-chromosome haplogroup of each male in a sample of one to millions. It does not rely on any particular genotyping modality or platform, and it is robust to missing data, ...