'Lifelong monogamy' and 'half orphans': DNA analysis reveals clues about life on the Roman frontier after the fall of Rome

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www.livescience.comby https://www.livescience.com/author/owen-jarusApril 29, 2026Submitted May 4, 2026

Burials that date to just after the fall of the Roman Empire are revealing the secrets of people who lived on the Roman frontier in what is now southern Germany.A new DNA analysis of more than 200 skeletons...

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