The use of ancient DNA, including samples of human remains around 45,000 years old, has shed light on a previously unknown aspect of humans

Bananas are thought to have been first domesticated by people 7,000 years ago on the island of New Guinea. But that history is complicated.

Invaders, pirates, warriors – the history books taught us Vikings were brutal predators who travelled by sea from Scandinavia to pillage.

Cutting-edge DNA sequencing of more than 400 Viking skeletons scattered across Europe and Greenland will rewrite the history books.