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Did malaria, not poison, kill the Medici brothers? New DNA evidence answers a 400-year-old mysteryCenturies-old rumors of Francesco de Medici's murder have been debunked by DNA analysis. Scientists discovered that both Francesco and his ...- 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 ...
- India’s lake of mystery: 1200-year-old lake in Uttarakhand has hundreds of skeletons. Scientists are still figuring out the reasonRoopkund Lake, nestled in the Himalayas, holds a chilling secret: hundreds of ancient skeletons. Once thought to be victims of a single epi...
- 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...
- 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...
- Nancy Guthrie case takes a new turn as experts demand an urgent request-Is the pace of the investigation too slow?The search for 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie, mother of Savannah Guthrie, continues months after her February 2026 disappearance. Experts sugge...
- 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...
- Will the Nancy Guthrie case finally be cracked? Here's what an expert says about the next the move that could expose the suspectThe FBI is reportedly considering new technological tools to advance the Nancy Guthrie case, potentially focusing on video forensics, signa...
- 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...
- A massive DNA discovery just rewrote everything we thought we knew about the Japanese peopleA groundbreaking DNA study has uncovered evidence of a third ancestral group contributing to Japan's population, originating from northeast...
- In the 1960s, Australian farmers digging through Queensland wetlands uncovered strange skulls that sparked debate over whether early Australians looked archaicFossils found at Kow Swamp, Australia, initially suggested archaic human presence due to robust skulls. However, later studies revealed the...
- 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...
- Buried Together for 2,800 Years: Inside Serbia’s Chilling Mass GraveArchaeologists unearthed a 2,800-year-old mass grave at Gomolava, Serbia. The remains of at least 77 individuals, mostly women and children...
- 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...
- Archaeologists unearth 13th-century knight under ice cream parlour in PolandArchaeologists in Poland found a medieval knight's skeleton under an ice cream shop in Gdansk. The knight, believed to be from the 13th or ...
- Uttarakhand's 'Lake of Skeletons,' Roopkand in peril as climate change smothers its sizeRoopkund Lake in Uttarakhand is shrinking because of climate change. Known for its skeletal remains, the lake is losing size and depth each...
- 5,000-yr-old skeletons revealed that people suffered from multiple sclerosis in ancient timesMany researchers suspect that the disease is triggered by a virus, known as Epstein-Barr, which causes the immune system to attack the nerv...
- From the ancient ashes of Vesuvius, human DNA has been decoded for the first timeAt the time of the cataclysm, Pompeii had a population of about 12,000.
- 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.
- Richard III's DNA raises questions over royal successionThe genetics and genealogy research led by the University of Leicester discovered that the male line of descent is broken at one or more po...
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