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DNA from 6000-year-old chewing gum reveals how an ancient woman lived

19 December 2018

Lola lived 6000 years ago and made glue by chewing birch bark pitch. By analysing DNA left on the pitch we know about her diet, appearance, and ancestry

The tamed ape: were humans the first animal to be domesticated?

21 February 2018

Deep inside our genome are bits of DNA we share only with animals such as dogs and cattle. Our self-domestication may have been a pivotal moment in making us human

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DNA from 6000-year-old chewing gum reveals how an ancient woman lived

The tamed ape: were humans the first animal to be domesticated?

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