Ancient humans in Africa changed their behaviour in a major way 70,000 years ago, which could explain how their descendants ...

A multidisciplinary team led by researchers from the Interdisciplinary Center for Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR) has succeeded, for the ...

Archaeologists used to think that the Clovis people were the first inhabitants of the Americas some 13,500 years ago. The evidence from these ancient sites says otherwise.

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Researchers sequenced ancient Egyptian DNA from a 4,500-year-old skeleton, revealing genetic links between early Egypt and ...

In a long-sought first, researchers have sequenced the entire genome of an ancient Egyptian person, revealing unprecedented insight about the ancestry of a man who lived during the time when the first ...

Long before the Inka (commonly known as Inca in English) rose to power, a mysterious civilization bloomed on the edge of Lake ...

Explore the history and cultural significance of various salads from around the world. From ancient Roman lettuce to ...

For the first time, scientists have sequenced the full genome of a 4,800-year-old Egyptian man. The DNA reveals North African ...

Scientists have decoded the DNA of an ancient Egyptian man. His remains, found in a clay pot, suggest cultural links between ...