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The first full ancient Egyptian genome reveals ancestry from both North Africa and Mesopotamia. The individual likely worked ...

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Dating back more than 4,500 years, the skeleton belonged to a middle-aged man who may have worked as a potter and likely ...

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4,500-year-old DNA offers new clues about ancient human societies.