New DNA research shows that half the human beings alive today are descended from the Yamnaya, who lived in Ukraine 5,000 ...

For the first time, researchers have been able to directly estimate the Anglo-Saxon ancestry of the British population from ancient skeletons, showing how Anglo-Saxon immigrants mixed with the ...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he understood just how wrenching it was to take away the ancient rights of the British people to go to the pub but that it was absolutely essential to slow the ...

Children can dig for fossils and learn hieroglyphics during a range of activities at a country estate in Lincolnshire. Belton ...

The mammoth study, published in Nature, suggests the newcomers, known as Beaker people, replaced 90% of the British gene pool in a few hundred years.

Analysis of ancient human and animal remains suggests that precolonial peoples in the Bolivian Amazon likely fed ducks more than 1,000 years ago, a study reports.

A researcher has uncovered a set of historical records thought to have been lost during the Second World War, and the information contained in them has shed new light on an ancient people.

Uncover the fascinating ethnic and cultural history of the peoples of Briton. Assess the impact of the many invaders of Britain's shores.

Modern Scots share genes with this British ethnic group that were fierce rivals of the Roman Empire in Britain. Learn what DNA reveals about these ancient Pictish people.

By studying the oxygen isotope variability of ancient teeth, researchers have found that prehistoric people in Britain and Europe were surprisingly mobile ...