New research from Valencina in Spain shows a mobile, diverse Copper Age female-led society in Iberia with wide connections ...

A groundbreaking genetic study has revealed that Italians who reach 100 carry significantly more ancient Western hunter-gatherer DNA than their younger counterparts. The research, published in ...

For the first time, scientists have analyzed metabolism-related molecules from the fossilized bones of animals that lived 1.3 ...

A culture clash awaited Reysuka. She believed that she was about to share a fun museum picture. “I’m a paleontologist with a ...

For the first time, scientists have analyzed metabolism-related molecules from the fossilized bones of animals that lived 1.3 ...

Remains discovered by a farmer in a long-forgotten burial chamber on the Isle of Bute have now been identified as two people ...

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WASHINGTON — From religious leaders and politicians to activists and scientists, the world said goodbye to a number of ...

The secrets of two Bronze Age individuals, unearthed by a farmer ploughing a field on the Isle of Bute, are now being meticulously revealed at Scotland’s cutting-edge facility for archaeological human ...

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Fossils can reveal far more than the shapes of ancient creatures. Molecules preserved inside old animal bones provide clues about past diseases, what those animals ate, and the climates they lived in.

The remains of two Bronze Age people found in a long-lost burial chamber by a farmer ploughing a field are revealing their secrets at Scotland’s new facility for storing and researching archaeological ...