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An Ancient Body Found in the Ice in 1859 Has Finally Been Identified Using DNA From a Living BBC Journalist
18+ hour, 13+ min ago (483+ words) A body pulled from the Arctic ice in 1859 has finally been given a name. Researchers at the University of Waterloo have used DNA from living descendants to identify four more sailors from Sir John Franklin‘s doomed 1845 expedition, among them…...
Cave researchers share excitement over prospect of rewriting Irish history
18+ hour, 32+ min ago (435+ words) 13.25 13 Sep 2026 New cave paintings suggest that there were human beings in Ireland 5,000 years earlier than first thought, potentially rewriting history. It's not every day you get to see something that could rewrite Irish history firsthand, but that's the opportunity that…...
136 long-clawed shrew skulls from Hokkaido showed the classic winter flattening of the braincase, and across the same series the snout enlarged in winter and shrank again in spring
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (595+ words) A museum series of Sorex unguiculatus from Tomakomai confirms Dehnel's winter braincase shrink in an Asian shrew, and adds a reverse pattern in the snout that the authors did not find in the jaw. By Natural History · Edited by Chris…...
Humans on Sulawesi used betel nut as a psychoactive drug 25,000 years ago
3+ day, 8+ hour ago (336+ words) Griffith University team finds arecoline traces and severe tooth wear in Indonesian hunter‑gatherer remains Evidence has been found that hunter-gatherers living in Indonesia about 25,000 years ago habitually consumed "betel nut," a psychoactive substance that has long been used across…...
I went into France's prehistoric caves. The world hasn't looked the same since
3+ day, 8+ hour ago (1800+ words) I expected ancient paintings. Instead, I found myself weeping in total darkness. A journey through seven caves became a search for what our ancestors knew about being human, and what we've forgotten Homo sapiens first entered this cave between 14,000 and…...
Ancient DNA reveals 1,000 years of human-environment interactions at Crawford Lake
3+ day, 14+ hour ago (975+ words) Ancient DNA trapped in sedimentary layers of the Milton lake reveals a rich history of human interaction with the local ecosystem, from pre-colonial Indigenous agriculture to the industrial revolution. By Mike Beattie September 10, 2026 An international team of scientists has recreated…...
Purple Pak Choi???s Hidden Genetic Gift: A Borrowed Gene From a Distant Relative Unlocks Anthocyanin Richness
3+ day, 16+ hour ago (385+ words) Purple Pak Choi’s Hidden Genetic Gift: A Borrowed Gene From a Distant Relative Unlocks Anthocyanin Richness | Newswise Newswise Purple Pak Choiâs Hidden Genetic Gift: A Borrowed Gene From a Distant Relative Unlocks Anthocyanin Richness Fine mapping of the BraMYB114 gene…...
Scientists capture two DNA strands zipping together for the first time
3+ day, 16+ hour ago (483+ words) Tiny Ions Help DNA Overcome Repulsion Professor Agnes Noy, from the School of Physics, Engineering and Technology at the University of York, co-led the research. She said: "This discovery could help researchers identify regions of the genome specially involved in…...
Scientists Say the “Lizard Brain” Is a Myth, But the Truth About How Our Brains Evolved May Be Even Stranger
3+ day, 17+ hour ago (1390+ words) One of the most popular explanations of human behavior has been that somewhere beneath our rational mind lurks an ancient “lizard brain”—a primitive evolutionary holdover responsible for instinct, emotion, fear, and aggression. There is just one problem. Neuroscientists have…...
DNA solves the mystery of a body found in the Arctic in 1859
3+ day, 18+ hour ago (816+ words) Researchers have identified four additional sailors from Sir John Franklin's ill-fated 1845 Arctic expedition, including one man whose identity had remained the subject of debate for more than a century. Anthropologists from the Faculty of Arts at the University of Waterloo…...