A new study analyzes sedimentary ancient DNA, or sedaDNA, to provide more context to the comings and goings—both human and animal—of the El Mirón Cave as well as the Red Lady’s ancestry.

Since that finding, the Red Lady has continued to offer a torrent of extraordinary information to archaeologists and bioanthropologists. Usually when speaking of DNA and archaeology, people know that ...

The discovery of the Red Lady and the analysis of sedimentary ancient DNA (sedaDNA) have provided unprecedented insights into the movement and genetic lineage of Ice Age humans. Traditionally ...

First discovered in 2010, the ‘Red Lady of El Mirón’ is an ochre-coated skeleton that provides a glimpse into human life following the last glacial maximum some 21,000 years ago. A new study analyzes ...