Researchers suggest that they have recovered sequences from ancient works and from letters that may belong to the Renaissance ...
Some Y-chromosome DNA sequences from the “Holy Child” artwork and from a letter penned by one of Leonardo’s cousins appear to ...
Researchers have reconstructed ancient herpesvirus genomes from Iron Age and medieval Europeans, revealing that HHV-6 has ...
In a first, scientists have extracted DNA from a Renaissance-era drawing attributed to Leonardo da Vinci, but they can't be ...
Learn about the Leonardo DNA Project and the diverse biological traces that survive on the surface of historical artifacts.
Researchers find trace DNA on a Renaissance drawing linked to Leonardo da Vinci, showing how fragile artworks can preserve ...
Some DNA passed down from ancient hunter-gatherers has been found to be a crucial force in living to be 100 years old.
Ancient DNA reveals that childhood viruses lived with humans for thousands of years, reshaping how we understand human and ...
Scientists have long debated how modern humans evolved. For decades, most researchers agreed that Homo sapiens came from one ancestral group in Africa, dating back 200,000 to 300,000 years. But new ...