dna, founding father, stone age, stone age cemetary

In a Stone Age Cemetery, DNA Reveals a Treasured ‘Founding Father’

From the remains of nearly 100 ancient individuals found in a Stone Age community, we have reconstructed two extensive prehistoric family trees from a 6,700-year-old cemetery in France, revealing fresh insights into the Stone Age community. Our new results, published in Nature, show a group of prehistoric farmers who lived within a network of other ...

Troy Oakes

A grave's skeletal remains.