Woolly mammoth DNA was found deep in Siberian permafrost, and sediment from a cave in Arizona contained genetic material from an ancient giant ground sloth. These discoveries showed that DNA could ...

New DNA evidence from Pompeii’s body casts reveals that traditional assumptions about residents’ relationships and origins ...

A new study— published in Current Biology by a team of researchers at Harvard University and the Archaeological Park of ...

Thousand-year-old seeds, and traces hidden in the soil for more than 5,000 years, have a lot to tell us. They provide clues ...