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In the dry, windswept valleys of Northern Chile, two ancient skeletons are changing how scientists understand the history of ...

For centuries, we’ve imagined Neanderthals as distant cousins — a separate species that vanished long ago. But thanks to ...

A major breakthrough in Maya archaeology has emerged from Caracol, Belize, where the University of Houston team uncovered the ...

More than 30 million people globally have done a family history DNA test, but few realise this multi-billion dollar ...

Found in the ancient city of Caracol, the tomb contained a rare jade mask, ceramics, and jewelry often linked to the Maya ...

A research team led by Eske Willerslev, professor at the University of Copenhagen and the University of Cambridge, has recovered ancient DNA from 214 known human pathogens in prehistoric humans ...

A rare form of leprosy may have existed in the Americas long before European colonization, according to new research using ...

More than 40 years after uncovering Caana, the central architectural complex at Caracol, Belize, husband-and-wife ...