A double burial found in southern Italy more than 60 years ago has just yielded a striking new secret: ancient DNA has confirmed a rare inherited form of dwarfism in a teenage girl who lived around 12 ...

A new, non-peer-reviewed report argues that Egypt’s Great Pyramid may be far older than the familiar Old Kingdom timeline, proposing an age in the order of tens of thousands of years. The claim hinges ...

A 5500-year-old genome recovered from human skeletal remains in Colombia may give insights into the early evolution of ...

Research led by the University of Sydney is reshaping scientific understanding of one of the world's most widespread canine ...

Researchers recovered ancient DNA from a 5,500-year-old skeleton in Colombia and reconstructed a genome related to Treponema pallidum. The lineage predates known syphilis strains by ~3,000 years, ...

A joint team of archaeologists, chronologists, geologists, and paleontologists have successfully dated a hoard of wooden tools recovered nearly a decade ago, Ancient Origins reported. The ancient ...

Heartworm disease is caused by the parasite Dirofilaria immitis. It is spread to dogs by mosquitoes and can be fatal. Adult ...

How old is your food? Before food was a choice, it was a necessity — the bare minimum only eaten and endured in order to survive. But as creative beings, humans have transformed the means of survival ...

The popular history docuseries Ancient Aliens: Origins returns to the History Channel with its season two premiere Monday, Oct. 6 at 8/7c. During the season two premiere episode, viewers will travel ...