The world’s oldest human mummies were preserved using smoke drying techniques 10,000 years ago, new research has found. A ...

Some ancient societies in Asia appear to have smoke-dried their dead, effectively mummifying them thousands of years earlier ...

An examination of charring on skeletons showed signs they had been exposed to low heat over long periods of time, which would ...

The world's oldest evidence for purposeful human mummification comes from Southeast Asia, where people smoke-dried their ancestors' corpses 10,000 years ago. Most companies are about as prepared for ...

A piece of resin gum from 5,700 years ago reveals the DNA, diet, and microbes from the body of a prehistoric woman.

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Modern humans and Neanderthals ... Because no ancient DNA was extracted from the fossilized remains, it’s impossible to confirm the child’s origins, but scientists say ...

Archaeologists find hundreds of Maya bones in the Cave of Blood, Guatemala, with traces of rituals, violence, and sacred ...

When Matthias Meyer began studying the ancient DNA in the 400,000 year old fossils he found in the Sima de los Huesos, or Pit of Bones cave, deep beneath the Atapuerca mountains in Spain, he was ...

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Modern humans and Neanderthals were interacting 100,000 years earlier than previously thought, according to researchers who used CT scans and 3D mapping to study the bones of a ...