Ancient DNA from 258 Skeletons Rewrites History of Europe After Rome's Collapse

• •DNA from 258 ancient European skeletons provides new evidence about population dynamics after the fall of the Western Roman Empire
• •Fossil evidence from 1.6 million years ago shows early humans used a deliberate, repeatable strategy for meat processing rather than opportunistic scavenging
• •Biological traces have been found preserved inside a T. rex bone fracture dating back millions of years
• •A 30-year effort has mapped Leonardo da Vinci's bloodline across 21 generations and identified living descendants for genetic study
• •A 5,000-year-old undeciphered writing system may represent the earliest attempt to encode speech in written form

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