Researchers have reconstructed ancient herpesvirus genomes from Iron Age and medieval Europeans, revealing that HHV-6 has ...

A stretch of viral DNA in the mouse genome gives cells in early-stage embryos the potential to become almost any cell type in ...

Altogether, they reconstructed 11 ancient herpesvirus genomes. The oldest came from a young girl found in southern Italy who ...

Ancient Nubian tattoos on children reshape ideas about belief, care, and the body. Along the Nile, in what is now Sudan, ...

For the first time, scientists have reconstructed the ancient genomes of human betaherpesvirus 6A and 6B (HHV-6A/B) from ...

Two thousand years ago, ancient Egyptians were sipping mugs of a potion that caused them to enter an altered state of consciousness, in hopes of divine connection and healing. Archeologists made the ...

Ancient baboon mummies show signs of poor diet and lack of sunlight during captivity. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Baboons ...

An ancient jawbone discovered in Taiwan belonged to an enigmatic group of early human ancestors called Denisovans, scientists reported Thursday. Relatively little is known about Denisovans, an extinct ...