From Vikings to Beethoven: what your DNA says about your ancient relatives Ancient DNA extracted from two women who died in what is now Libya around 7,000 years ago is now helping researchers to ...

Now, with the help of ancient DNA from mummified remains, geneticists are figuring out who once lived there. The Takarkori rock shelter — situated in southwestern Libya’s Tadrart Acacus ...

We analyzed the ancient genomes (complete DNA sequences) of nine individuals who lived in the eastern Maghreb between 15,000 and 6,000 years ago. This may seem like a small sample.