17 August 2023
New DNA analysis by German researchers shows that the famous glacier mummy Ötzi may have had dark skin, dark eyes,...
1 April 2022
Ruled much of Central and Eastern Europe for 250 years, the Avars were less well known than Attila’s Huns, but...
2 March 2022
Ancient hunter-gatherers living in what is now China may have been the first people in East Asia to process mustard...
4 February 2022
The world’s very first invention of writing took place over 5000 years ago in the Middle East, before it was...
11 November 2021
According to a new study, modern languages ranging from Japanese and Korean to Turkish and Mongolian may have had a...
25 September 2021
A genetic analysis of DNA taken from ancient skeletons appears to have answered a conundrum that has captivated researchers for...
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