We have finally found the land of Punt, where pharaohs got their gifts
14 December 2022
The land of Punt, a mysterious place where ancient Egyptians bought gold, incense and other luxury items, has been located using DNA from mummified baboons
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The hunt for the lost ancestral language of Europe and southern Asia
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We've long known there was an ancient language that gave rise to English, Bengali and dozens of other tongues – now we’re on the brink of working out where Proto-Indo-European was spoken
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The rise and fall of the mysterious culture that invented civilisation
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Story of most murderous people of all time revealed in ancient DNA
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Starting 5000 years ago, the Yamnaya embarked on a violent conquest of Europe. Now genetic analysis tells their tale for the first time
