The life of ancient Greek sage, philosopher and prophet Epimenides of Crete straddles history and myth, but some of his works ...

The DNA of Yersinia pestis bacteria has been found in a Bronze Age sheep, offering a clue to how the plague may have spread through prehistoric farming communities ...

"It was remarkable to discover a domesticated sheep from the Bronze Age that was infected with LNBA plague. This gave us an ...

This lineage, known as the Late Neolithic and Bronze Age (LNBA) plague, repeatedly spread throughout Eurasia and caused deadly outbreaks for millennia until its extinction. By analyzing DNA of ...

The team found evidence of a major meteorite impact 3.5 billion ... Giant Ice Bulldozers: How Ancient Glaciers Helped Life Evolve Feb. 25, 2025 — New research has revealed how massive ancient ...

A group of archaeologists has successfully deciphered a4,000-year-old collection of cuneiform tablets that reveal ominous ...

Found at Arkaim, a fortified settlement in the Southern Ural Mountains, this ancient strain offers critical new insights into how plague spread before the era of flea-borne transmission.

Scientific progress depends upon costly programs of research and systems of education that compensate for humans’ problematic ...