Montana State scientists publish new research on ancient life found in Yellowstone hot springs
On Feb. 3, 2025, scientists from Montana State University reported new knowledge of how ancient microorganisms adapted from…
Ancient DNA data hold insights into past organisms and ecosystems — handle them with more care
On Dec. 10, 2024, researchers reported that DNA recovered from ancient remains is transforming our understanding of organisms…
genomic origin of early maize in eastern North America reaveled
On Dec. 4, 2024, an international team of scientists led by the Center for Evolutionary Hologenomics, GLOBE Institute,…
DNA analysis unveils new information about Pompeii victims
On Nov. 7, 2024, a team of scientists announced that DNA analysis of Pompeii victims who perished during…
Why do we love carbs? The origins predate agriculture and maybe our split from Neanderthals
On Oct. 17, 2024, a study led by the University at Buffalo and the Jackson Laboratory (JAX) revealed…
most ancient human genome discovered has been sequenced, a Denisovan
On Jul. 11, 2024, Stéphane Peyrégne from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology unveiled a genetic sequence…
Genome of the last living wild horse species mapped
On Jun. 13. 2024, University of Minnesota researchers announced they have successfully mapped the complete genome of the…
Genome study shows how horses galloped into human history
On Jun. 7, 2024, the Institute of Evolutionary Biology in Barcelona announced an analysis of genome data from…
Neanderthal–human baby-making was recent — and brief
On May 21, 2024, an analysis of ancient and modern genomes suggested contemporary people’s Neanderthal DNA came from…
50,000-year-old Neanderthal bones unearthed in Brazil contain ancient herpes viruses
On May 15, 2024, researchers at Brazil’s Federal University of São Paulo announced they had found ancient herpes…
Biotechnology | CRISPR | Disease | Prehistory | Therapeutics
2.6 billion-year-old ancestors of the CRISPR gene-editing tool were resurrected
On Jan. 4, 2023, an international research group announced it had for the first time reconstructed ancestors dating…
Watermelon seeds were consumed
On Jul. 30, 2022, scientists announced they had sequenced the genome of a 6,000-year-old Citrullus seeds that revealed…
Evolution of DNA
he Evolution of DNA is an Illustration with the very small, requiring magnification, to the very large. Cast…
World’s oldest evidence for the earliest small-scale plant cultivation was discovered
World’s oldest evidence dating to 23000 BCE for the earliest small-scale plant cultivation was discovered by Dani Nadel…
Chinese growers used powdered chrysanthemum (pyrethrins) as the first insecticide
Around 100 BCE, Chinese growers used powdered chrysanthemum (pyrethrins) as the first insecticide.
Hippocrates described mumps, diphtheria, epidemic jaundice, and other conditions
Around 500 BCE, Hippocrates, a pioneering physician in the history of Medicine, and considered as the principal author…
Chinese healers created the first antibiotic to treat boils
Around 600 BCE, Chinese healers created the first antibiotic – moldy soybean curds – to treat boils.
The Council of Lyons in Lyon, France restricted lepers from pubic association
In 583 BCE, the Council of Lyons in Lyon, France restricted lepers from freely associating with healthy persons.
Pigeons were domesticated
Archeological evidence points to human use of pigeons as a food source as early as 10,000 years ago…
Farmers in China, Egypt and Sumeria began using fermentation
Around 8000 BCE, farmers in China, Egypt and Sumeria began using fermentation to produce cheese and wine. One…
Coronavirus Epidemics first hit more than 21,000 years ago
On Sept. 2 , 2021, an Oxford University Study showed that the most recent common ancestor of these…
Theophrastus wrote of Greeks rotating their staple crops to enhance soil fertility
Greek philosopher Theophrastus (371-287 BCE), the “Father of Botany” wrote of Greeks rotating their staple crops with broad…
Neandertal gene variant increases risk of severe Covid-19
On Sept. 30, 2020, researchers at the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary…
Y chromosomes of Neandertals and Denisovans was sequenced
On Sept. 24, 2020, an international research team led by the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in…
Date palm breeding began
On Oct. 15, 2019, scientists reported that date palms are one of the oldest domesticated perennial crops, with…
Cacao, the plant from which chocolate is made was domesticated
On Oct. 29, 2018, Archaeological evidence of cacao’s use, dating back to 3,900 years ago, previously planted the…
First wine making was discovered
On. Nov. 13, 2017, research by Dr. Patrick McGovern, Director of the Biomolecular Archaeology Laboratory at the University…
Scientists discovered the oldest evidence of life on Earth in fossils located in the Nuvvuagittuq belt in Quebec
On Mar. 2, 2017, scientists discovered the oldest evidence of life on Earth in fossilized microorganisms that are…
Humans began domesticating crops and livestock
On Oct. 31, 2016, scientists reported that humans domestication of crops and livestock are dated to 14000 BCE…
UCLA scientists find evidence for earliest life on earth
On Oct. 19, 2015, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) geochemists announced evidence that life likely existed on…