The individual lived 4,500 years ago, and his genome is offering new insights into ancient Egyptians and the lives they led.

Scientists have for the first time sequenced the most complete and oldest ancient Egyptian genome ever found—unlocking new ...

Genetic research traced the ancestral homeland of Uralic people, whose descendants live in Russia, Hungary, Finland and ...

New evidence from an ancient cave reveals that 3,500 years ago, the first Pacific islanders made a remarkable 2,300km voyage ...

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More than 4,000 years ago, Egypt and Mesopotamia stood as two of the most complex societies on the planet. But the new DNA ...

More than 4,500 years ago, at the dawn of Egypt’s pyramid age, a man was laid to rest in a ceramic pot. He was then sealed ...

Liam Gallagher has apologised to Asian fans for posting a racial slur, months before he heads to East Asia for the Oasis ...

Ancient sediment reveals humans began systematically using fire 50,000 years ago, reshaping global climate patterns.

Scientists sequenced the genomes of 2,762 individuals across India, revealing the country’s unique ancestral makeup and a ...

Researchers used a canoe replica to trace Paleolithic migration from Taiwan to Japan, showing how early humans crossed seas ...

Japanese researchers turned to “experimental archaeology” to study how ancient humans navigated powerful ocean currents and ...