Ancient Siberian plague discovery: A long-standing mystery buried in ancient human remains from Siberia has finally been uncovered. What was once assumed about the early history of plague has now been ...

Scientists have found the oldest known evidence of the plague, which sparked deadly outbreaks dating back about 5,500 years ago—some 200 years earlier than previously thought. The disease has sickened ...

Long before snowmobiles, and even before the wheel was widely used in some regions, people in the Arctic had already formed a close relationship with dogs. In 2020, scientists used ancient DNA to ...

Ancient DNA from unidentifiable bone fragments in Denisova Cave has revealed a previously unknown extinct bovine species ...