Scientists found an 8-year-old Neanderthal child in a Belgian cave, and the molar DNA found is said to be the oldest human genetic code ever sequenced, turning one hillside into a rare window on our deep pastA young Neanderthal girl, the "Scladina child," unearthed in Belgium, has revolutionized our understanding of these ancient relatives. Her ...
30 Jun, 2026, 03.42 PM IST
Daughters stayed home, sons left: That was the rule in a 9,000-year-old Turkish village, says a 2025 Science paper that sequenced 131 ancient skeletonsAncient DNA from 9,000-year-old Çatalhöyük reveals a surprising social structure. Contrary to common assumptions, men appear to have moved ...
22 Jun, 2026, 04.25 PM IST
In 1991, archaeologists tested a lump of ancient chewing gum from Scandinavia, it unexpectedly preserved the DNA of a person who lived 5,700 years agoArchaeologists are uncovering ancient secrets from chewed birch pitch. These small lumps, found across Scandinavia and northern Europe, are...
18 Jun, 2026, 08.20 PM IST
Two Egyptian mummies were scanned in Los Angeles with half-millimeter precision, and doctors found something they weren't expecting in a 2,200-year-old spineAncient Egyptian mummies, Nes-Min and Nes-Hor, underwent advanced CT scans at Keck Hospital, revealing a unique spinal trepanation on Nes-M...
12 Jun, 2026, 03.09 PM IST
In 2012, archaeologists digging under a Leicester car park unearthed a skeleton with arrowhead and skull wounds and identified England's long-lost King Richard III, missing for 527 yearsIn a remarkable turn of events, excavations beneath a Leicester car park in 2012 unveiled a skeleton identified as King Richard III. A form...
07 Jun, 2026, 05.40 PM IST
In 1996, two students wading in the Columbia found a skull, and an American origins battle beganIn 1996, the unearthing of ancient human remains near Kennewick, Washington, sparked a firestorm of discussion. Initially perceived as an e...
03 Jun, 2026, 05.10 PM IST
A riverside skeleton changed what researchers thought they knew about how the first Americans wereThe controversial Kennewick Man skeleton, initially thought to be from a separate migration due to skull morphology, was genetically linked...
21 May, 2026, 03.32 PM IST
Buried with three swords and a gold mask, scientists reconstruct the face of a 3,500-year-old Mycenaean woman who lived before the Trojan WarA woman buried with a gold mask and swords in Mycenae was wrongly identified for decades. New DNA tests show she was nobility, not a wife. ...
19 May, 2026, 02.40 PM IST
In 1983, Kary Mullis imagined copying DNA while driving through California at night: the idea transformed modern genetics foreverWhile cruising through the scenic highways of California, a visionary scientist named Kary Mullis stumbled upon an extraordinary concept th...
17 May, 2026, 04.26 PM IST
From Dirt to Discovery: How Cave Sediments Are Revealing Ice Age Species Without BonesResearchers are now analyzing ancient DNA found in soil to identify extinct species, revolutionizing prehistoric ecosystem research. This i...
09 Apr, 2026, 05.23 PM IST
Researchers Found One of the Earliest Genetic Evidence of a Human DiseaseA 12,000-year-old burial in Italy revealed two women, not a male and female as previously thought. Genetic analysis identified one, Romito ...
11 Mar, 2026, 04.00 PM IST
The first ancient Egyptian genome is here, and it changes everything we knowScientists have unlocked the genetic code of an ancient Egyptian man. He lived near the pyramids around 4,500 years ago. The analysis revea...
27 Jul, 2025, 02.54 AM IST
Is this the real-life Flintstones? Geneticists discover remains of a Neanderthal family in caves of SiberiaAmong the 13 Neanderthals discovered , five were children or pre-teens.
20 Oct, 2022, 11.03 AM IST
Nobel Prize winner Svante Paabo's work: Neanderthal genome, DenisovansSvante Paabo and colleagues extracted and sequenced the first Neanderthal genome from ancient bones. He also brought to light the existence...
03 Oct, 2022, 08.21 PM IST
India hands over Holy Relic of St. Queen Ketevan during Jaishankar's trip to GeorgiaSt. Queen Ketevan was a 17th century Georgian Queen who attained martyrdom. Her relics were found in 2005 at the St. Augustine Convent in O...
09 Jul, 2021, 10.27 PM IST
4 prehistoric migrations shaped India's population: BookIndia's current population mix also includes many minor migrations that happened during the historical period, says the book.
29 Dec, 2018, 03.33 PM IST
- Germanic invaders did not rule Britain by apartheid
A new analysis of British DNA has led geneticists to suggest that Germanic invaders may not have ruled Britain by apartheid.
23 Apr, 2008, 02.14 PM IST