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December 3, 2025
The modern house cat reached China in the 8th century. Before that, another cat — the leopard cat — hunted the rodents in ancient Chinese settlements. Read more
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January 3, 2014
DNA from a 400,000-year-old leg bone found in Spain is by far the oldest recovered from pre-human ancestors. It also shows an unexpected link to later, Asian ‘kin.’ Read more
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September 11, 2024
DNA from a partial skeleton found in France indicates that European Neandertals consisted of at least two genetically distinct populations. Read more
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March 1, 2023
Ancient DNA unveils two regional populations that lived in what is now Europe and made similar tools but met different fates. Read more
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October 19, 2022
Females often moved into their mate’s communities, which totaled about 20 individuals, researchers say. Read more
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April 2, 2012
Scientists studying 1,600-year-old cotton from the banks of the Nile have found what they believe is the first evidence that punctuated evolution has occurred in a major crop group within the relatively short history of plant domestication. Read more
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August 31, 2023
Residue from ancient jars holding the internal organs of the mummy Senetnay hints at early Egyptian trade routes and complex mummification practices. Read more
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June 27, 2024
Years of hunching over, chewing pens and gripping brushes left the skeletons of Egyptian scribes with telltale marks of arthritis and other damage. Read more
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January 16, 2025
Members of a Stone Age culture in Denmark may have ritually buried stones to counter the effects of a volcanic eruption. Read more
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September 28, 2022
New fossils are revealing the earliest jawed vertebrates — a group that encompasses 99 percent of all living vertebrates on Earth, including humans. Read more
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