Humans in History
With an estimate of 26 million people having taken a DNA ancestry test, genetic genealogy has really taken off in the last couple of years.
Researchers use a new method to extract DNA from preserved samples, opening the door to exploring the DNA of millions of preserved specimens housed at museums.
Have you ever wondered why some families have more boys than girls or why more boys (or girls) are born in certain years?
New study links the famous “Habsburg Jaw” to inbreeding, further confirming the idea that inter-family marriages weaken bloodlines by decreasing genetic diversity.
DNA tests to confirm the identity of US soldiers, who were casualties of the Korean War.
Scientists are one step closer to answering the age-old question of “What makes us human?”
The first people to arrival in the Americas split into two groups, and then mingle again 1000 years later.
Napoleon I (Napoleon Bonaparte) was the first Emperor of the French, rising to power on May 18, 1804.
The Romanov family was the last imperial family of Russia.
Genghis Khan was a world-renowned 13th century Mongol Emperor. Khan is known to most for his brutality and bloodthirsty conquests...
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With an estimate of 26 million people having taken a DNA ancestry test, genetic genealogy has really taken off in the last couple of years.
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