The Lady of Baza (Granada) (Chapa et al., 2020) and pottery from necropolis of Piquía (Arjona, Jaén). Credit: Alberto Sánchez A pioneering study from the University of Jaén reveals, through ...

The largest study to date of ancient DNA from the Iberian Peninsula (modern-day Portugal and Spain) offers new insights into the populations that lived in this region over the last 8,000 years. The ...

Ancient DNA is uncovering the secrets of the unique populations of what are now Portugal and Spain. Two studies published this week include unexpected findings from the DNA of people who lived ...

Using ancient DNA recovered from over 270 Iberians representing an unprecedented timespan, researchers including David Reich have pieced together an 8,000-year-long genetic history of the Iberian ...

Researchers studied the ancient skeletons, including this one, of people who lived on the Iberian Peninsula over the past 20,000 years. Their discoveries reveal surprising insights into genetic ...

Female (right) and male (left) individuals found in grave 38 in the settlement of La Almoloya in Spain. It is one of the richest burials found in an El Argar, a settlement dating back to 2200 to 1550 ...

DNA from 136 ancient Iberians reveals genomic and social transformations during the Copper Age to Bronze Age transition in southwestern Europe The third millennium BCE is a highly dynamic period in ...

There’s nothing quite like a picture of a smashed-up human skull to send you scurrying to an exhibition about some prehistoric culture you’ve never heard of before. The stark poster advertising ...

The genetic pool of the ancient male population in the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe was replaced by migrants from Central Europe thousands of years ago. The ancient population of the ...

A pioneering study using mitochondrial DNA from newborns sheds light on maternal ancestry and the connections among northeastern Iberian populations during the Iron Age The research, led by Daniel R.

Scientists are studying 300 fossilised remains to peer into the prehistory of Iberia SCI-IBERIAN-SKELETONS-0-(Read-Only) For thousands of years, the Iberian Peninsula — home now to Spain and Portugal ...

Back in the Neolithic age, a group of humans we now call the Proto-Indo-Europeans lived to the north of the Black Sea, where they prepared to take over the world. This culture spread over Europe and ...