Ancient Horse DNA Shows Scythian Warriors Were Adept Domesticators
By KENNETH CHANG Modern genetic tools have provided new details of how domestication changes animals as they become […]
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Neanderthals in California? Maybe So, Provocative Study Says
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A startling new report asserts that the first known Americans arrived much, much earlier […]
No Bones About It: Scientists Recover Ancient DNA From Cave ...
By GINA KOLATA With a new technique, German researchers isolated Neanderthal and Denisovan DNA from sediment alone, opening […]
A Very Hungry Caterpillar Eats Plastic Bags, Researchers Say
By JONAH ENGEL BROMWICH Wax worms are able to break down the bonds in a popular synthetic polymer, […]
Humans Lived in North America 130,000 Years Ago, Study Claims
By CARL ZIMMER If early humans smashed mastodon bones found in California in 1992, scientists will have to […]
Some Surprising Dog Breeds Have Ancient American Heritage
By JAMES GORMAN A new study of 161 breeds traces some ancestry back to the Americas of 10,000 […]
That Ghostly, Glowing Light Above Canada? It’s Just Steve
By JACEY FORTIN Scientists are investigating a stream of hot, bright gas visible not far from the northern […]
Watching Their Dust: Photographing Players in Pollination
By RACHEL NUWER In “Pollination Power,” Heather Angel, a wildlife photographer, exposes the pollination process in macrophotography, showing […]
As Rains Ease in the West, Cactuses Shine Brighter Than ...
By NATALIE ANGIER Never has there been a better time to appreciate the gritty, bizarre charm of these […]
We Might Soon Resurrect Extinct Species. Is It Worth the ...
By STEPH YIN Scientists disagree about whether bringing extinct species back from the dead will result in a […]