The results suggest that prehistoric human populations probably began carrying their cats along ancient land and sea trade routes to control rodents. By comparing the DNA of cats throughout ...

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At Armando al Pantheon, a trattoria in Rome, meals often are punctuated with a slice of torta antica roma— a rustic tart inspired by the traditional Roman combination of ricotta and cherries ...

Known as the Lost City of Khambhat, it is believed that this ancient settlement sank into the sea around 9,500 years ago. The bay, also known as the Gulf of Cambay, lies along the Arabian Sea in ...

An ancient DNA study co-authored by Brown archaeologist Peter van Dommelen illustrates the complexity of human migration and identity shifts over time. PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — Identity ...

His unexplored tomb at Nemrut Dağ may show us more about death and worship in ancient Turkey. Several colossal heads that once stood in the mausoleum of Antiochus I of Commagene now lie in front ...

(William Usaquen, Andrea Casas-Vargas via AP) (Uncredited, William Usaquen, Andrea Casas-Vargas) NEW YORK – Scientists have identified a new pod of ancient hunter-gatherers who lived near the ...

In a 2017 study in the American Journal of Human Genetics, researchers looked at the ancient DNA of five Canaanites who lived between 3,650 and 3,750 years ago and who were buried in Sidon, an ...

In 2008, archaeologists working in Denisova Cave in southern Siberia, Russia, uncovered a tiny bone: the tip of the little finger of an ancient human that lived there tens of thousands of years ago.

Scientists often gauge past climate and atmosphere conditions from pristine ancient ice samples. The new research was based on 1,600-foot-long ice cores extracted from Greenland’s 1.5-mile-thick ...

When O’Harrow saw the ancient ankles intact, he breathed a sigh of relief. “As we in the United States celebrate our country’s 250th anniversary, we’re doing an exhibition on something ...