In A Nutshell Ancient DNA can identify biological relatives buried thousands of years ago, but biological relatedness and ...

Harold W. Scheffler, professor emeritus of anthropology 1963-2008, died peacefully at his home in New Haven on July 24. He was 83. Harold W. Scheffler Scheffler was considered one of modern ...

Different languages refer to family relationships in different ways. For example, English speakers use two terms -- grandmother and grandfather -- to refer to grandparents, while Mandarin Chinese uses ...

Learn how ancient DNA and archaeogenetics are reshaping what we know about family and revealing that kinship in early ...