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The 95 pages that link to Ancient DNA, each with the reason it gives.

• Homo antecessorCompared with: DNA has not resolved Homo antecessor’s ancestry; protein evidence is currently more informative.

• Denisovan admixtureRelated: Denisovan genomes provide the reference for identifying inherited Denisovan segments.

• La Tène cultureRelated: Genomic evidence can test population histories but cannot identify archaeological culture by itself.

• MummyRelated: Mummies can preserve DNA that helps investigate ancestry, kinship, and past populations.

• Tarim mummiesRelated: Genomes from some Tarim individuals reshape claims about their ancestry.

• AurochsRelated: Ancient DNA helps reconstruct aurochs populations and their relationship to cattle.

• Corded Ware cultureRelated: Genomic evidence revealed major ancestry shifts associated with Corded Ware expansion.

• DoggerlandRelated: Sediment DNA can identify species that lived in the submerged landscape.

• GravettianRelated: Ancient genomes help test how Gravettian-associated populations relate to other prehistoric Europeans.

• Greek colonisationRelated: Genetic evidence may clarify mobility and ancestry, though it cannot alone identify ancient cultural identities.

• Neanderthal genome projectNarrower topic: Neanderthal fossils yielded the ancient DNA that the project analyzed.

• Antonine PlagueRelated: Pathogen DNA could identify the cause, but secure Antonine-era evidence remains limited.

• Blue eyesRelated: It allows researchers to estimate when eye-color-associated variants appeared in past populations.

• Dire wolfRelated: Genetic analyses helped clarify the dire wolf’s relationship to other canids.

• Hominin phylogenyRelated: It has revealed relationships and gene flow among late hominin populations.

• MehrgarhRelated: Genomic evidence can test population histories inferred from artifacts and settlement patterns.

• Out of Africa migrationRelated: Ancient genomes reveal contacts and ancestry that fossils alone cannot resolve.

• Plague of JustinianRelated: Pathogen DNA from burials has established that Yersinia pestis caused the pandemic.

• Svante PääboNarrower topic: Pääbo’s methods made this damaged, scarce material usable for evolutionary research.

• Archaic human admixtureRelated: Sequenced archaic genomes provide direct comparisons for identifying inherited ancestry.

• Canid evolutionRelated: Ancient genomes can test whether fossil forms belong within or outside living canid lineages.

• Chinese archaeologyRelated: It traces ancestry and population movement alongside archaeological evidence in China.

• ClassicsRelated: Genetic evidence raises questions about migration and identity that textual sources cannot settle alone.

• Historical epidemiologyRelated: Pathogen DNA can confirm historical infections, but preservation and sampling limit conclusions.

• Lyakhovsky IslandsRelated: Permafrost preservation enables genetic study of ancient island remains.

• Steppe hypothesisRelated: Genome data reveal population movements relevant to the proposed steppe expansions.

• Biological anthropologyRelated: It provides direct evidence about ancestry, migration, and relationships among past populations.

• Kary MullisRelated: PCR enabled early studies of scarce DNA from long-dead organisms.

• Steppe bisonRelated: Genomes from bison fossils reveal population history and relationships unavailable from bones alone.

• Woolly rhinocerosNarrower topic: DNA records changes in population size before the species disappeared.

• Andronovo cultureRelated: Genomic studies test population relationships that material similarities alone cannot establish.

• Genetic admixtureRelated: Ancient genomes can identify source populations and date past admixture events.

• HaplogroupRelated: Ancient haplogroups help compare past individuals with present-day genetic lineages.

• Prehistoric BritainRelated: It has reshaped accounts of migration into Britain, while leaving local histories unresolved.

• Human evolutionary geneticsRelated: Ancient genomes provide direct snapshots that complement histories inferred from living populations.

• SheshiCompared with: Unlike biomolecular evidence, Sheshi’s identification rests on inscriptions rather than securely attributed remains.

• CynologyRelated: Ancient genomes clarify canine ancestry beyond what modern breeds reveal.

• GomphothereRelated: Molecular evidence can refine relationships where gomphothere bones alone are ambiguous.

• Moa-naloRelated: Molecular evidence helped establish the duck ancestry of moa-nalo.

• Panthera spelaeaRelated: Genetic comparisons established the cave lion's evolutionary separation from living lions.

• Penghu 1Related: DNA would provide evidence about lineage, though none has established Penghu 1’s identity.

• Prehistoric AsiaRelated: It reveals migrations and population relationships that artifacts alone cannot establish.

• Prehistory of TaiwanRelated: Genomic evidence may test proposed links between prehistoric Taiwanese populations and later migrations.

• Red Deer Cave peopleRelated: Genetic evidence could clarify relationships that skeletal features alone leave unresolved.

• Subfossil lemurRelated: DNA can clarify relationships among extinct lemurs and living species when preservation permits.