The research, published in the journal Cell, opens a new window on past life. DNA is famously known as the genetic blueprint of living things, but RNA determines how those genes turn on in different ...

Scientists have extracted the oldest RNA molecules out of a woolly mammoth, gaining a snapshot into the processes at work in ...

In Siberia’s Denisova Cave, archaeologists uncovered Paleolithic jewelry, marble bracelets, and bone pins alongside ancient DNA from Neanderthals and Denisovans. This rare blend of art and genetics ...

Scientists discover hidden cavities inside Egypt’s Menkaure Pyramid, fuelling theories of a secret 4,500-year-old entrance.

I travelled to the Church of All Saints in the quiet village of Harby, Nottinghamshire. Pushing open a clanking gate, I ...

A 40,000-year-old juvenile woolly mammoth named Yuka is not only remarkable because she was uncovered nearly intact or her grisly cause of death. Her muscles provided paleogeneticists with the oldest ...

RNA from an exceptionally well preserved woolly mammoth gives us a window on gene activity in an animal that died nearly 40,000 years ago ...