Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advances and more. The earliest known plague victims in Europe date back about 5,000 years, but it was never clear whether two cases, one in Latvia and one in Sweden, were isolated and sporadic or evidence of a… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific breakthroughs and more. It was revealed that the fossilized ear bone found in a cave in Spain belonged to a Neanderthal child who lived with Down syndrome until the age of 6. The findings suggested that community members… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. The ancient Mayan city of Chichén Itzá on Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula has long been associated with human sacrifice, with hundreds of bones recovered from temples, a sacred pit and other underground caves. There is a… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. The ancient Mayan city of Chichén Itzá on Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula has long been associated with human sacrifice, with hundreds of bones recovered from temples, a sacred pit and other underground caves. There is a… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Ancient DNA reveals more secrets about the Avars, a fearsome people who founded a mysterious empire that ruled much of Central and Eastern Europe for 250 years from the mid-sixth century. Known mainly from accounts… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Ancient DNA recovered from the remains of a sixth-century Chinese emperor who ruled during the country’s Dark Ages has shed light on what the leader may have looked like. Emperor Wu He ruled China from… Read More »
A man born in Russia 2,000 years ago was buried in England, and researchers think they’ve finally figured out how, thanks to DNA. Scientists from the Francis Crick Institute in London, Durham University in England and MOLA Headland Infrastructure, a consortium of two British archaeological companies, worked together to determine the globe-trotting history of a… Read More »