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Ancient DNA is finally revealing who Europe’s first settlers were

Ancient DNA is turning Europe’s deep past from a sketch into a family album. Instead of guessing who first called the continent home, researchers can now read genetic traces from teeth, bones and cave ...
Greek Reporter

The Ancient Greek Myth That Gave Europe Its Name

Zeus, the king of the Olympian Gods, transformed into a white bull to abduct Europa, the princess who gave her name to the ...
Inverse

Origin of Multiple Sclerosis And These Common Diseases Lies in Ancient DNA

Around 5,000 years ago, at the dawn of the Bronze Age, a mass migration of peoples from the grasslands of the Eurasian steppe poured into Europe. Called the Yamnaya, these horse herders introduced ...
Journalism in the Americas

Scientists Use Ancient DNA to Shed Light on Adaptation of Early Europeans

Leveraging a unique statistical analysis and applying it to ancient DNA extracted from human skeletal remains, a team of researchers from The University of Texas at Austin and the University of ...
Inverse

This Ancient European Diet May Have Been Key To Longevity — Should We Bring it Back?

Seaweed isn’t something that generally features today in European recipe books, even though it is widely eaten in Asia. But our team has discovered molecular evidence that shows this wasn’t always the ...

Italy's ancient walking routes: could they be Europe's ultimate slow travel experience?

Ancient pilgrimage routes such as the Via Francigena and the Via di Francesco place Italy at the heart of slow travel, with ...
PBS

Rick Steves' Europe: Art of Ancient Greece

Greece’s timeless art: Golden Age temples, alluring Venuses, and exuberant Winged Victory. Ancient Greece laid the foundations of Western art. Traveling from its sun-splashed isles to the rugged ...