DNA from two mummies at Takarkori links them to 15,000-year-old Taforalt hunter-gatherers, challenging the idea of the Green ...

Genomes sequenced from 7,000-year-old mummies in the Sahara have revealed a previously unknown population that inhabited the ...

An international team has sequenced the first ancient genomes from the so-called Green Sahara, a period when the largest desert in the world temporarily turned into a humid savanna-like environment.

The discovery sheds some light on a "lost" dynasty of pharaohs who ruled during a little-understood time in ancient Egypt's ...

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Replica statues of 25th Dynasty Egyptian rulers, also known as the Black Pharaohs. Credit: Jean-Pierre Dalbéra / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 2.0 Netflix’s Queen Cleopatra docuseries has caused an ...

Scientists have used ancient DNA to help reconstruct 6,000 years of penguin history at the South Pole. The researchers found that Adélie penguins had taken over the habitat of southern elephant ...

Jewelry was an important part of ancient Egyptian culture. Excavation at the Karnak temple found a 2,600-year-old pot filled with gold jewelry, beads, and statues. The statues of Egyptian gods ...

Editor's note: The article was corrected to indicate that the village of Mykhailivka was liberated during Ukraine's counteroffensive in 2022. Half of the human beings alive today are descended from ...

Recent DNA research has led scientists to a groundbreaking conclusion: about 40% of people alive today are descendants of the Yamna culture, which existed in what is now Ukraine around 5,000 years ago ...

The small study in patients with a rare disorder that causes liver and lung damage showed the potential for precisely targeted infusions. By Gina Kolata Researchers have corrected a disease ...

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