WASHINGTON -- Ancient DNA has revealed a genetic link between the cultures of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, according to ...

But while experts now know a fair amount about ancient Egyptian life, they still understand very little about the ...

A DNA bone test on a man who lived 4,500 years ago in the Nile Valley has shed new light on the rise of the Ancient Egyptian ...

The individual lived 4,500 years ago, and his genome is offering new insights into ancient Egyptians and the lives they led.

The genome of a man who lived in Egypt over 4500 years ago offers a new window on the ancient society and hints at ...

In a first, researchers have sequenced the complete genome of a man from ancient Egypt, and the results reveal that he had ...

More than 4,000 years ago, Egypt and Mesopotamia stood as two of the most complex societies on the planet. But the new DNA ...

Researchers from the Francis Crick Institute and Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) have extracted and sequenced the ...

It's hoped his DNA will open the way to a better understanding of the country's genetic history.Ancient Egypt went through a period of major change between 4,500-4,800 years ago. This saw advances ...

We explore new ways to tackle the problem of microplastic pollution in our oceans, before meeting an extraordinary man and ...

This is not the first time such an effort has been made. Forty years ago, the Nobel Prize winner, Svante Pääbo, a Swedish ...

Forty years after the first effort to extract mummy DNA, researchers have finally generated a full genome sequence from an ...