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 civilisation.

This view inside some of the most precious and rare museum specimens on Earth is helping scientists to better understand 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 civilisation. An analysis of his skeleton shows that a fifth of his DNA ...

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Auburn, NY - Human skeletal remains have been discovered at an Auburn Community Hospital construction site, according to Auburn police.