Tag: human origins

With popular genetic testing company 23andMe filing for bankruptcy, what does the future of ancestry DNA look like?A team of ...

Neutrinos are the most ubiquitous particles — a hundred billion zip through your fingertip each second — yet they have ...

The evolutionary path leading to the rise of modern humans is full of twists and turns, and the latest surprise ...

The ancient runes of an inscribed silver armband found in a buried Viking treasure hoard in Scotland are helping to ...

After a recent fossil discovery, we now have new insights into the behaviors of a group of prehistoric humans.A team ...

In the late ‘80s, a team of Soviet and West African archaeologists discovered an African rainforest site that had the ...

Vikings have a reputation as hardy, healthy folk. But scanning 15 of their skulls with modern imaging revealed they likely ...

On August 10, 1628, Vasa, the would-be jewel of Sweden’s navy sank only minutes after departing Stockholm. This tragedy – ...

One would expect a mummy to smell moldy, musty, and mildewy. But the first study to systematically sniff the wrapped ...

In the cave of El Mirón in northern Spain, intrigue surrounds a woman who was laid to rest there 19,000 ...