In 1908, an archaeologist in Crete discovered a small clay disk bearing unknown symbols. Now known as the Phaistos disk, it ...

Thorin’s DNA was then compared with DNA previously extracted from other Neandertals, ancient H. sapiens and present-day people. Arrays of gene variants in Thorin’s DNA more closely align with ...

A fossilized Neanderthal discovered in a cave system in the Rhône Valley, France, represents an ancient and previously undescribed lineage that diverged from other currently known Neanderthals ...

Kentucky’s attorney general is suing the pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) Express Scripts over its role in “worsening” the state’s opioid crisis. In the complaint filed in state court ...

The seed, which was found during an archaeological excavation in the 1980s, is believed to have belonged to trees mentioned in the Bible A mysterious ancient seed, dating back to a time between ...

Now, a new analysis of Thorin’s ancient DNA suggests he belonged to a previously unknown lineage of Neanderthals that was isolated for 50,000 years, despite the fact that other members of their ...

Read the paper: Ancient Rapanui genomes reveal resilience and pre-European contact with the Americas The authors analysed the remains of 15 individuals that had ended up in a museum in Paris ...

Sep. 25, 2024 — Scientists successfully extracted and analyzed DNA from ancient cheese samples found alongside the Tarim Basin mummies in China, dating back approximately 3,600 years.

Researchers have reconstructed ancient human genomes from southernmost Africa, shedding new light on early human history in a region known for its rich archaeological past. The DNA of 13 ...