Neanderthal bones allow scientists to decipher prehistoric genetic code
… fossils. That achievement, they said, had laid the groundwork for determining the entire sequence of the Neanderthal genome within the next two years. (for subscribers) …
Milky Way Shaped Life On Earth
Frenzied star-making in the Milky Way Galaxy starting about 2,400 million years ago had extraordinary effects on life on Earth. Harvests of bacteria in the sea soared and crashed in …
Biblical Latrine: Ancient Parasites Show That Cleanliness May Have Been Next To Sickliness
Those who make a great show of being religiously pure often lead lives that are secretly very dirty -- or at least so it was in biblical times. Recent bioarchaeological …
