By analyzing ancient DNA, scientists determined when, where and how our ancestors got sick from infectious diseases.

Think you know your Yorkshire roots? This easy DNA test could uncover hidden Viking, Irish or South Asian ancestry — and it’s ...

Are you a Viking? With a name like mine the answer ought to be obvious but a study in my constituency posing that question ...

DNA Tests Reveal 1st High-Ranking Female Viking Warrior, Scientists Say The grave was furnished with a sword, shields, various other weapons and horses, one researcher said ...

A DNA match − or a lack of one − may not tell you what you imagine it does about your family tree. ... DNA says you’re related to a Viking, a medieval German Jew or a 1700s enslaved African?

The 50 skeletons were 'exceptionally well-preserved' ...

Throughout their long history, Qimmit have remained working dogs–still almost exclusively bred by mushers to pull sleds for ...

During the Viking Age, considered to run from 793 to 1066 A.D., Norsemen known as Vikings undertook large-scale raids, colonizing, conquering and trading throughout Europe, even reaching North ...

Two tiny Scandinavian settlements in Greenland persisted for nearly 500 years and then mysteriously vanished. Their ...