For the first time in history, scientists were able to retrieve DNA of Yersinia pestis, the causative agent of the plague, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Archaeological sheep bones unveiled at a Bronze Age site in the Eurasian steppe. Ancient animal bones are the key to understanding ...

New research shows ancient plague may have spread through livestock, not fleas, based on DNA from a 4,000-year-old sheep.

According to a new study in iScience, feasts were well worth the travel, even at the turbulent end of the British Bronze Age. Analyzing the material from six middens, or massive rubbish mounds, that ...

Middens, massive prehistoric rubbish heaps which became part of the British landscape, are revealing the distances people traveled to feast together at the end of the Bronze Age. In the largest study ...

Middens, massive prehistoric rubbish heaps which became part of the British landscape, are revealing the distances people travelled to feast together at the end of the Bronze Age. In the largest study ...

New research has revealed that the Old Irish Goat shares a 3,000-year genetic link with goats living in Ireland during the Late Bronze Age. The findings suggest that the rare indigenous breed ...

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