For the first time, archeologists and anthropologists have identified this ancient plague in an animal: a 4,000-year-old ...

Few family trees seem stranger than that of Janjucetus dullardi, only the fourth species ever identified from a group known ...

The ancient remains of an Irish 'god-king' are neither divine nor royal, but rather the result of incest from 5,000 years ago, according to a recent study. Scholars at University College Dublin ...

Ireland’s megalithic tombs might not have been burial grounds for elite dynasties, as some thought, but rather places of community bonding. In 2020, researchers found genetic links among dozens ...

This ancient ceramic figurine of a Maya warrior, over 1,500 years old, is a tantalizing glimpse into a world where warriors were not just fighters but revered as protectors against the unknown.