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Norwegian researchers opened a tomb containing the remains of descendants of Viking leader Rollo in Normandy, France on Monday with the aim of putting an end to a centuries-long debate: was Rollo Danish or Norwegian?  The researchers will attempt to obtain...

After more than a century of speculation, an international group of geneticists has conclusively proven that the Aztecs, Incas, and Iroquois are closely related to the peoples of Altai, the Siberian region that borders China and Mongolia.  Click ...

Watch as Otzi, a 5000-year-old mummy, is brought to life and preserved with 3D modeling.  Airing February 17, 2016 at 9 pm on PBS.

Last winter two bodies were found in Norway and the Netherlands.  They were wearing identical wetsuits.  The police in three countries were involved in the case, but never managed to identify them.  This is the story of how DNA proved who they were....

Last December, Ancestry.com announced that they were going to retire their Family Tree Maker software.  Probably due to a large outcry from their customers, Ancestry announced today that they have developed two options for desktop software that will...