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Published Family trees from the European Neolithic



The Neolithic burial site of Gurgy 'les Noisats' in France revealed two unprecedentedly large family...
Published Origin of ancient mummified baboons found in Egypt



Primatologists are using genetic analysis to determine the geographic origin of ancient mummified ba...
Published When did the chicken cross the road? New evidence from Central Asia



An international team of scholars present the earliest clear archaeological and biomolecular evidenc...
Published Looking for 'LUCA' and the timing of cellular evolution



LUCA, the 'last universal common ancestor' of all living organisms, lived 4.32 to at most 4.52 billi...
Published An evolutionary mystery 125 million years in the making



Plant biologists have uncovered an evolutionary mystery over 100 million years in the making. It tur...
Published Tudor era horse cemetery in Westminster revealed as likely resting place for elite imported animals



Archaeological analysis of a near unique animal cemetery discovered in London nearly 30 years ago ha...
Published Ancient dingo DNA shows modern dingoes share little ancestry with modern dog breeds



A study of ancient dingo DNA revealed that the distribution of modern dingoes across Australia, incl...
Published Ancient microbes offer clues to how complex life evolved



Researchers have discovered that a single-celled organism, a close relative of animals, harbors the...
Published Decoding the world's largest animal genome



Scientists have sequenced the largest genome of all animals, the lungfish genome. Their data help to...
Published 1,700-year-old spider monkey remains discovered in Teotihuacán, Mexico - 1,700-Year-Old Spider Monkey Remains Discovered in Teotihuacán, Mexico



The complete skeletal remains of a spider monkey -- seen as an exotic curiosity in pre-Hispanic Mexi...
Published One of Swedish warship Vasa's crew was a woman - One of Swedish Warship Vasa's Crew was a Woman


When the human remains found on board the Swedish warship Vasa (1628) were investigated, it was dete ...
Published Study shows ancient Alaskans were freshwater fishers - Study Shows Ancient Alaskans Were Freshwater Fishers



A scientific team has discovered the earliest-known evidence of freshwater fishing by ancient people...
Published How intensive agriculture turned a wild plant into a pervasive weed - How Intensive Agriculture Turned a Wild Plant into a Pervasive Weed


Agriculture is driving rapid evolutionary change, not just on farms but also in wild species in surr...
Published Deadly waves: Researchers document evolution of plague over hundreds of years in medieval Denmark - Deadly Waves: The Evolution of Plague in Medieval Denmark


Scientists who study the origins and evolution of the plague have examined hundreds of ancient human ...
Published Ancient DNA reveals Asian ancestry introduced to East Africa in early modern times - Ancient DNA reveals Asian ancestry introduced to East Africa in early modern times


The largest-yet analysis of ancient DNA in Africa, which includes the first ancient DNA recovered fr...
Published Early toilets reveal dysentery in Old Testament Jerusalem - Early Toilets Reveal Dysentery in Old Testament Jerusalem



Study of 2,500-year-old latrines from the biblical Kingdom of Judah shows the ancient faeces within...
Published 4,000-year-old plague DNA found -- the oldest cases to date in Britain - 4,000-Year-Old Plague DNA Found: The Oldest Cases to Date in Britain



Researchers have identified three 4,000-year-old British cases of Yersinia pestis, the bacteria caus...
Published Finds at Schöningen show wood was crucial raw material 300,000 years ago



During archaeological excavations in the Schoningen open-cast coal mine in 1994, the discovery of th...
Published Dinosaurs were the first to take the perspectives of others - Dinosaurs: The First to Take the Perspectives of Others



Understanding that others hold different viewpoints from your own is essential for human sociality. ...
Published Apes may have evolved upright stature for leaves, not fruit, in open woodland habitats - Apes May Have Evolved Upright Stature for Leaves, Not Fruit, in Open Woodland Habitats



Anthropologists have long thought that our ape ancestors evolved an upright torso in order to pick f...