Sediment DNA also traces life outside the cave. Predators dragged prey into sheltered chambers, humans left waste behind. By following changes in human, animal and microbial DNA over time, researchers ...

For decades, a neat story about human origins has floated through textbooks and documentaries: modern humans emerged in East ...

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Clues contained in tree rings have identified 14th Century volcanic activity as the 'first domino to fall' in a sequence that led to the devastating spread of bubonic plague.

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Clues contained in tree rings have identified volcanic activity as the "first domino to fall" in a sequence that led to the ...

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A woman once celebrated as "Britain's first black woman" was actually a local girl from southern England with blonde hair and ...

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