Ancient DNA reveals children with Down syndrome in past societies. What can their burials tell us about their lives?
The inhumation of the perinatal infant with Down syndrome from the Iron Age site of Las Eretas. This individual was buried within one of the houses in the settlement. Photographs from the Government of Navarre and J.L. Larrion., CC BY-NC
We thought the first hunter-gatherers in Europe went missing during the last ice age. Now, ancient DNA analysis says otherwise.
Archaeological cave site of Cueva del Malalmuerzo from the southern tip of Spain where the 23,000 year old Solutrean individual was discovered. Pedro Cantalejo.