An ancient Middle Eastern civilization that developed an early alphabet spread its culture far and wide — but not its DNA, finds a 23 April Nature study 1 of hundreds of ancient human genomes.

They say it indicates women were valued members of the ancient society. A team of archaeologists on Thursday said they had unearthed the 5,000-year-old remains of a noblewoman in Caral ...

The largest volcanic eruption in human history resulted in a few years of warm weather, according to an analysis of ancient sediments, and not a severe volcanic winter as some researchers had thought.

In this photo, distributed by the Greek Police on Thursday, April 24, 2025, seized ancient artifacts are placed on display in Police Headquarters in Athens following the arrest of six suspected ...

Geoengineering could save the ice sheets – but only if we start soon “We can estimate from the extent of the scours and what is known about ancient sea levels that these bergs were probably ...

Apr. 23, 2025 — Ancient DNA analysis challenges our understanding of the ancient Phoenician-Punic civilization. An international team of researchers analyzing genome-wide data from 210 ancient ...

Instead, the study suggests, Deinosuchus belonged to an ancient lineage that split off before the last common ancestor of today’s alligators and crocodiles, carrying characteristics that are ...

The item turned out to be a “rare” ancient chariot wheel and a first-of-its-kind find. Archaeologists started excavating the site of a future golf course, Cabot Highlands, near Inverness a ...

Deinosuchus could then have spread across the continent to inhabit coastal marshes on both sides of the ancient inland sea, and along North America’s Atlantic coast. The new study’s revised ...

Instead, she attributes her newfound slumber success to an Ancient Egyptian sleep ritual that has recently come back into the spotlight through a partnership between Roseway Labs and a Cairo-based ...

The mummy was found in December in the ancient fishing city of Áspero, which had served for years as a garbage dump before being declared an archaeological site. Palomino presented a video and ...