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A Rare Cimmerian Horse Harness Surfaces at Ukraine’s Kartal Hillfort4,300-Year-Old Tomb Holds Earliest Dragon-Phoenix PairingTwo ‘Ghost’ Ancestors Left Their DNA in Every Living HumanA Rare Viking Grave in Denmark Preserved a Girl’s 1,300-Year-Old DressLiDAR Uncovers a Hidden Inca Road That May Lead to a Sacred Peak

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Meet ‘Conquest Man,’ Whose Face Survived 1,000 Years
Science
Meet ‘Conquest Man,’ Whose Face Survived 1,000 Years
Buried in England around 1079 in a coffin made from a freshly felled oak, a man…
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Two ‘Ghost’ Ancestors Left Their DNA in Every Living Human
Archaeology
Two ‘Ghost’ Ancestors Left Their DNA in Every Living Human
UC Berkeley researchers developed a new genealogical method called TRACE that identified DNA in modern humans…
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Ancient Genomes Reveal Japan’s Deep Population History
Archaeology
Ancient Genomes Reveal Japan’s Deep Population History
Researchers reconstructed two exceptionally high-coverage ancient genomes from Japan, an 8,300-year-old Jomon woman and a 2,300-year-old…
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Ice Age Hunters May Have Favored Female Woolly Mammoths
Archaeology
Ice Age Hunters May Have Favored Female Woolly Mammoths
Genetic analysis of over 500 woolly mammoths shows a striking pattern: bone deposits linked to Ice…
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Archaeology
Two Ghost Ancestors Are Hiding in Every Human Genome
A UC Berkeley study in Science has found evidence of two unknown archaic human lineages in…
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Highway Construction Near Haifa Reveals a 400,000-Year-Old Sealed Cave
Archaeology
Highway Construction Near Haifa Reveals a 400,000-Year-Old Sealed Cave
Highway construction near Fureidis, south of Haifa, has breached a cave sealed for between 400,000 and…
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World’s Oldest Dogs Found in Türkiye: 15,800-Year-Old Companions of Hunter-Gatherers
Archaeology
World’s Oldest Dogs Found in Türkiye: 15,800-Year-Old Companions of Hunter-Gatherers
Ancient DNA analysis from two sites in central Türkiye, Pınarbaşı and Boncuklu, has confirmed the world's…
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Poland’s ‘Hugging Skeletons’ Were Two Unrelated Women, DNA Reveals
Archaeology
Poland’s ‘Hugging Skeletons’ Were Two Unrelated Women, DNA Reveals
Ancient DNA analysis of two skeletons found in an embrace beside a 13th-century cathedral in Opole,…
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Ancient Bones’ Microbiomes Reveal the Secrets of Their Decay
Archaeology
Ancient Bones’ Microbiomes Reveal the Secrets of Their Decay
A new PLOS One study from the University of Stavanger reveals that well-preserved archaeological bones harbor…
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Ancient DNA Reveals Peru’s Pre-Inca Migration Web
Archaeology
Ancient DNA Reveals Peru’s Pre-Inca Migration Web
Ancient DNA from 21 individuals buried in Peru's Chincha Valley has revealed that long-distance coastal migration…
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Argentina’s Hidden People: 8,500 Years of Genetic Solitude
Archaeology
Argentina’s Hidden People: 8,500 Years of Genetic Solitude
Ancient DNA from 238 skeletons across Argentina has revealed a previously unknown Indigenous lineage that lived…
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DNA Links 1.3 Million Americans to Colonial Maryland
Archaeology
DNA Links 1.3 Million Americans to Colonial Maryland
A landmark study combining ancient DNA from 49 colonists buried in 17th-century St. Mary's City, Maryland,…
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Japan’s Secret Third Ancestor Rewrites History
Archaeology
Japan’s Secret Third Ancestor Rewrites History
Scientists analyzing the genomes of over 3,200 people across Japan have uncovered a hidden third ancestral…
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Why Horses Changed the World: A 6,000-Year Story Rewritten
Archaeology
Why Horses Changed the World: A 6,000-Year Story Rewritten
A landmark new study in Science Advances by Anthony, Trautmann and Heyd challenges the idea that…
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Unlocking the Ancient Genetic Secrets of Patagonia and the Pampas
Archaeology
Unlocking the Ancient Genetic Secrets of Patagonia and the Pampas
A landmark study of ancient DNA from 52 individuals reveals a deeply complex and dynamic history…
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The Invisible Enemy That Silenced Europe’s First Farmers
Archaeology
The Invisible Enemy That Silenced Europe’s First Farmers
Ancient DNA reveals how the early plague wiped out Neolithic farming communities in France 5,000 years…
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The Silent Ghost of the Andes: How an Ancient Tooth Rewrote the History of Scarlet Fever
Archaeology
The Silent Ghost of the Andes: How an Ancient Tooth Rewrote the History of Scarlet Fever
A 700 year old mummy from the Bolivian Altiplano is rewriting human medical history. Discover how…
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Born to Die: The Ancient Kingdom Where Sacrifice Was an Inherited Fate
Archaeology
Born to Die: The Ancient Kingdom Where Sacrifice Was an Inherited Fate
Ancient DNA from South Korea reveals a dark secret of the Silla kingdom. Discover how entire…
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The Ossick Lass: A Loving Farewell from Eleven Thousand Years Ago
Archaeology
The Ossick Lass: A Loving Farewell from Eleven Thousand Years Ago
Uncover the emotional story of the Ossick Lass, a three year old girl buried in a…
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Echoes of the Steppe: How Ancient DNA Solved the Greatest Mystery of Human Language
Archaeology
Echoes of the Steppe: How Ancient DNA Solved the Greatest Mystery of Human Language
A groundbreaking ancient DNA study published in early 2026 has finally traced the exact origins of…
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Ancient Human DNA Recovered From a Prehistoric Tooth Pendant
Archaeology
Ancient Human DNA Recovered From a Prehistoric Tooth Pendant
Scientists have unlocked human DNA from a prehistoric tooth pendant. Learn how a breakthrough washing technique…
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The Unbreakable Giants How Ice Age Megafauna Survived a Volcanic Apocalypse
Archaeology
The Unbreakable Giants How Ice Age Megafauna Survived a Volcanic Apocalypse
Ancient DNA extracted from Canadian permafrost reveals how woolly mammoths and other giants survived a massive…
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Ancient DNA Reveals the Hidden Lives of Late Bronze Age Europeans
Archaeology
Ancient DNA Reveals the Hidden Lives of Late Bronze Age Europeans
Ancient DNA from rare uncremated Bronze Age burials reveals how resilient European societies adapted to climate…
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Ancient DNA Reveals the Epic Journey of Living Parrots Across the Andes
Archaeology
Ancient DNA Reveals the Epic Journey of Living Parrots Across the Andes
Ancient DNA reveals how traders long before the Inca empire carried living Amazon parrots across the…
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The Ancient Romance That Planted the Seeds of Modern Europe
Archaeology
The Ancient Romance That Planted the Seeds of Modern Europe
Ancient DNA uncovers how farming women marrying nomadic hunting men transformed Europe, blending diverse ancient cultures…
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The Stone Age Woman Who Was Buried Like a Man
Archaeology
The Stone Age Woman Who Was Buried Like a Man
Archaeologists in Hungary discovered a burial from 7000 years ago where one woman was buried with…
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Frozen Mammoth Ivory Reveals Origins of First Americans
Archaeology
Frozen Mammoth Ivory Reveals Origins of First Americans
14,000-year-old mammoth ivory tools found in Alaska reveal new clues about the Clovis people and the…
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The Ghost Genes That Predate the Tree of Life
Science
The Ghost Genes That Predate the Tree of Life
New research reveals genes duplicated before the Last Universal Common Ancestor, offering a glimpse into life's…
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Jordan’s Buried Pandemic: The Mass Grave That Rewrites the History of the Plague of Justinian
Archaeology
Jordan’s Buried Pandemic: The Mass Grave That Rewrites the History of the Plague of Justinian
Archaeologists in Jerash, Jordan, uncover the first confirmed mass grave from the Plague of Justinian, revealing…
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An Ice Age Wolf Pup’s Last Meal Rewrites the Extinction of the Woolly Rhino
Archaeology
An Ice Age Wolf Pup’s Last Meal Rewrites the Extinction of the Woolly Rhino
A 14,400-year-old woolly rhino genome, recovered from the stomach of a mummified wolf, reveals the species…
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Scientists swabbed “Holy Child” drawing, finding possible da Vinci Tuscan DNA
History and Culture
Scientists swabbed “Holy Child” drawing, finding possible da Vinci Tuscan DNA
Scientists may have found Leonardo da Vinci's DNA on a disputed drawing. A non-invasive method revealed…
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A 200,000-Year-Old Tooth Rewrites the Story of a Lost Human Relative
Archaeology
A 200,000-Year-Old Tooth Rewrites the Story of a Lost Human Relative
Genetic analysis of a 200,000-year-old Denisovan tooth reveals a complex history of interbreeding, diverse populations, and…
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How a 4,000-Year-Old Sheep Solved a Bronze Age Plague Mystery
Archaeology
How a 4,000-Year-Old Sheep Solved a Bronze Age Plague Mystery
Archaeologists have found the first non-human case of Bronze Age plague in a 4,000-year-old sheep, solving…
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Ancient DNA Reveals a Surprising Marriage Secret in Minoan Society
Archaeology
Ancient DNA Reveals a Surprising Marriage Secret in Minoan Society
Groundbreaking DNA analysis from the Max Planck Institute reveals a startling secret of the Minoans: first-cousin…
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Sahul’s Ancient Secret: How Two Great Migrations Peopled a Lost Continent
Archaeology
Sahul’s Ancient Secret: How Two Great Migrations Peopled a Lost Continent
Groundbreaking genetic research reveals Aboriginal Australians and New Guineans descend from two distinct groups who settled…
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A 2000 Year Old Roman Sarcophagus Reveals a Final, Loving Touch
Archaeology
A 2000 Year Old Roman Sarcophagus Reveals a Final, Loving Touch
Archaeologists reexamining a 2000 year old Roman gypsum sarcophagus from York discovered preserved handprints, textiles, and…
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The Ice Age Inheritance: How Ancient DNA Unlocks the Secret to a 100-Year Life
Archaeology
The Ice Age Inheritance: How Ancient DNA Unlocks the Secret to a 100-Year Life
A study on Italian centenarians reveals a surprising link to our ancient past. Discover how DNA…
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The Evolving Identity of the Beachy Head Woman: How DNA Rewrote a Roman Story
Archaeology
The Evolving Identity of the Beachy Head Woman: How DNA Rewrote a Roman Story
A Roman-era skeleton known as the Beachy Head Woman was once called Britain's first black woman.…
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Tiny Greek Village Discovery Could Overturn Every Human Evolution Theory Ever Written
Archaeology
Tiny Greek Village Discovery Could Overturn Every Human Evolution Theory Ever Written
Ancient fossils discovered in a Greek village are challenging 154 years of human evolutionary science. The…
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Did Europeans Really Have Dark Skin 7,000 Years Ago?
Archaeology
Did Europeans Really Have Dark Skin 7,000 Years Ago?
A new statistical method now reveals ancient human pigmentation more accurately using degraded DNA, rewriting what…
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Ancient Human Jawbone Found in Taiwan Revealed as Denisovan
Archaeology
Ancient Human Jawbone Found in Taiwan Revealed as Denisovan
A fossilized jawbone found off Taiwan confirms Denisovans lived in Southeast Asia, expanding their known range…
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A Mysterious Ancient Population Gave Us 20% of Our DNA—And May Have Boosted Human Intelligence
Archaeology
A Mysterious Ancient Population Gave Us 20% of Our DNA—And May Have Boosted Human Intelligence
Scientists have discovered that 20% of modern human DNA comes from a mysterious, unidentified ancestor. What…
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Most Ancient Europeans Had Dark Skin, Hair, and Eyes Until 3,000 Years Ago, Genetic Study Reveals
Archaeology
Most Ancient Europeans Had Dark Skin, Hair, and Eyes Until 3,000 Years Ago, Genetic Study Reveals
A new study reveals that most prehistoric Europeans had dark skin, hair, and eyes until 3,000…
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Foragers or Farmers? Ancient DNA Reveals Maghreb’s Unexpected Neolithic Story
Archaeology
Foragers or Farmers? Ancient DNA Reveals Maghreb’s Unexpected Neolithic Story

New DNA analysis of ancient Maghreb populations reveals genetic continuity during the Neolithic, challenging the idea…
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4,000-Year-Old Sheep Tooth Discovered with DNA of Plague’s Ancestor
Science
4,000-Year-Old Sheep Tooth Discovered with DNA of Plague’s Ancestor
A 4,000-year-old Bronze Age sheep tooth has revealed an ancient ancestor of the plague-causing Yersinia pestis,…
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Ancient DNA: A Weapon Against Future Viral Infections
Science
Ancient DNA: A Weapon Against Future Viral Infections
In a remarkable discovery published in September 2021, scientists have uncovered evidence suggesting that ancient viral…
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