Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. We see a skeleton face down in a dirt grave. The ankles are very close together, indicating that they were once bound. Before ...

The analysis of DNA from 1,300-year-old skeletons allowed the reconstruction of the health status of the Merovingian community in in Lauchheim "Mittelhofen" in today's Baden-Württemberg. The study, ...

Caves carved in rock. An isolated community. Secrets buried under centuries of dust, now unveiled by genetics. A mysterious medieval society surfaces anew. Las Gobas, a small community in northern ...

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An archaeogenetic study sheds new light on the isolated medieval community Las Gobas in northern Spain. Besides isolation and endogamy, the researchers have also identified the variola virus which can ...

In a new study, we have sequenced DNA from a Christian community in medieval Spain that lived in artificial caves carved into a rocky outcrop. This is one of several medieval cave communities known to ...

They walk among us as colleagues, neighbours, teachers and friends. They might not tell you, but they are part of one of the most unique communities in the state. The Sunshine State will be at the ...