The Takarkori rock shelter, an archaeological site in Libya’s Tadrart Acacus mountains, offers a glimpse into the Sahara Desert's greener past. - Archaeological Mission in the Sahara/Sapienza ...

Scientists examining mummified remains in South America discovered they can extract human DNA from the glue ancient lice used to stick their eggs to hair. The process offers a less destructive method ...

A roughly 2000-year-old mummified man of the Ansilta culture, from the Andes of San Juan, Argentina, had lice eggs and cement in his hair which preserved his own DNA Universidad Nacional de San Juan ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Two 7,000-year-old mummies from the Takarkori rock shelter in the Sahara have been found to be from a ...

Though they died thousands of years ago, hundreds of bodies excavated in western China’s Tarim Basin look remarkably alive. They retain the hairstyles, clothing, and accoutrements of a long-past ...

The remnants of lice infestations found on ancient mummies can unlock the DNA of those that lived thousands of years ago, said research published by Molecular Biology and Evolution on Tuesday. It's ...

(CNN) — Today, the view from the Takarkori rock shelter in southwestern Libya is of endless sandy dunes and barren rock, but 7,000 years ago, this region of the Sahara Desert was a far lusher, ...

Two 7,000-year-old mummies from the Takarkori rock shelter in the Sahara have been found to be from a group with a previously unknown ancestry. DNA analysis of the mummies, which are the remains of ...

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