It's the end of a nearly 100-year-old mystery. Using DNA-analysis, scientists have identified an ancient human relative nicknamed "Dragon Man", new research showed. It all started with a ...

The genome of a man buried at Nuwayrat in Middle Egypt about 4,500–4,800 years ago has been sequenced. Compared with published genomes of ancient individuals, most of the man’s ancestry best matches ...

(Reuters) -DNA obtained from the remains of a man who lived in ancient Egypt around the time the first pyramids were built is providing evidence of the ties between two great cultures of the period, ...

For over a decade, the mysterious Denisovans were known only through their DNA, with little understanding of what they actually looked like. A groundbreaking discovery has changed that narrative, as ...

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When workers in northern China cut into a hillside for a new road, they did not expect to open a window onto a world where a ...

Scientists have for the first time sequenced the most complete and oldest ancient Egyptian genome ever found—unlocking new secrets from the Old Kingdom. This facial reconstruction of an ancient ...

In a first, researchers have sequenced the complete genome of a man from ancient Egypt, and the results reveal that he had genetic ties with Mesopotamian DNA. When you purchase through links on our ...

Archaeologists recently uncovered the remains of a young man who lived 6,000 years ago — and survived a brutal encounter with a lion. A study published in the February 2026 edition of the ...

A 12th-century Norse saga tells of an invading army from the south razing a castle stronghold and throwing a dead body into the well to render the water undrinkable. Human remains believed to be those ...

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Archaeologists in Frankfurt, Germany, found a 1,750-year-old amulet with a silver scroll and inscription referencing Christianity, photos show. Photo from the Monument Office of the City of Frankfurt ...