Discovery of ancient remains challenges existing evolutionary theories.
A DNA analysis of pathogens from a pre-Hispanic mummy revealed the bacterium that causes strep throat was present in the ...
Researchers have identified the genetic material of scarlet fever while examining a tooth from a naturally mummified skull ...
A new DNA analysis of the mummies of historical Indigenous Yakuts reveals resistance to 17th-century Russian conquest. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.
CAIRO, Egypt -- Nuri Iskander and his team of Egyptian archeologists are waging a lonely struggle to unmask the true identity of ancient Egypt's most famous personalities. For their troubles, they ...
Two 7,000-year-old mummies from the Takarkori rock shelter in the Sahara have been found to be from a group with a previously unknown ancestry. DNA analysis of the mummies, which are the remains of ...
"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." While the Sahara is now a vast expanse of sand where the fight for survival can be brutal, there was a ...