Researchers have reconstructed ancient herpesvirus genomes from Iron Age and medieval Europeans, revealing that HHV-6 has ...

Identifying signs of life in ancient rocks is hard. It is not enough to find organic molecules—rocks of all sorts contain them but “organic” just means the molecules contain chains of carbon atoms.

Scientists have for the first time sequenced the most complete and oldest ancient Egyptian genome ever found—unlocking new secrets from the Old Kingdom. This facial reconstruction of an ancient ...

A newly discovered 460-million-year-old trilobite showed signs of being shaped and flattened—the first indication that ancient Romans purposely collected and modified the tiny fossils. A computer ...

Pompeii is well known as an iconic Roman city. But for much of its early history, it wasn’t Roman at all. It belonged to the ...

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An ancient jawbone discovered in Taiwan belonged to an enigmatic group of early human ancestors called Denisovans, scientists reported Thursday. Relatively little is known about Denisovans, an extinct ...

East Asian Paleolithic voyagers may have used dugout canoes to cross one of the strongest currents in the world. By Laura Baisas Published Jun 25, 2025 2:00 PM EDT ...

New chemical analysis of an ancient Greek jar has archeologists buzzing. By Laura Baisas Published Jul 30, 2025 8:00 AM EDT Get the Popular Science daily newsletter ...