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Year in review: Old humans reveal secrets

DNA analyses rewrite stories of ancient times

37,000-year-old skeleton

WRITTEN IN BONE  DNA from a 37,000-year-old skeleton found at the Kostenki archaeological site in Russia supports recent findings and offers new ones about the history of human evolution.

Peter the Great Museum

By Tina Hesman Saey

- More than 2 years ago

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Scientists probed the complete genetic secrets of an unprecedented number of ancient humans this year, revealing insights into how people, ideas and disease spread around the world.