Modern biochemical analysis has confirmed what these ancient cultures discovered through observation—fermentation ...

DNA supports modern Picuris Pueblo accounts of ancestry going back more than 1,000 years to Chaco Canyon society.

The Picuris Pueblo tribal nation initiated a genetic study that confirms their connection to Chaco Canyon -- a potential ...

A new study traces a 120-million-year-old 'super-eruption' to its source, offering new insights into Earth's complex geological history.

DNA obtained from the remains of people who inhabited Pueblo Bonito in New Mexico's Chaco Canyon a millennium ago is helping ...

Across the world, ancient ruins like the Pyramids of Giza and Stonehenge were built with massive stones — yet how they were ...

For the first time, a federally recognized Indigenous tribe in the U.S. has led research using DNA to show their ancestral ...

The bones of butchered and cooked animals have been found in the most high-status graves. Some hold the skulls of wild sheep, ...

Visit ancient Mars—a surprisingly temperate planet where snow or rain falls from the sky, and rivers rush down valleys to ...

Scientists have discovered a new type of immune defense in E. coli bacteria that turns viral infection machinery against the ...

The newfound tomb of an Egyptian prince has a false door, which ancient people viewed as an "entry" and "exit" for souls in ...

Changing all that, the researchers announce the discovery of two “burin spalls” – or stone flakes – from a site called Actun Uayazba Kab in Belize. Also known as Handprint Cave, Actun Uayazba Kab ...