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Ancient Alleles Shed Light on Atherosclerosis Risk
Calculating the polygenic risk scores of ancient humans such as Ötzi the iceman helps researchers understand the genetic predisposition to cardiovascular disease.
Ancient Alleles Shed Light on Atherosclerosis Risk
Ancient Alleles Shed Light on Atherosclerosis Risk

Calculating the polygenic risk scores of ancient humans such as Ötzi the iceman helps researchers understand the genetic predisposition to cardiovascular disease.

Calculating the polygenic risk scores of ancient humans such as Ötzi the iceman helps researchers understand the genetic predisposition to cardiovascular disease.

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Scratchy Scalps Help Glue Together Pieces of an Ancient Past
Chloe Tenn | Dec 29, 2021 | 3 min read
Scientists find human DNA preserved in lice cement from the heads of South American mummies.
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Scientists Reconstruct Warrior Pharaoh’s Murder Using CT Scans
Stephenie Livingston | Feb 17, 2021 | 3 min read
A forensic investigation of Seqenenre Taa II’s traumatic injuries suggests he died with his hands tied behind his back, perhaps the end result of fighting to liberate his kingdom.
Ideal Patients, 1896–Present
Amy Schleunes | Apr 1, 2020 | 3 min read
Advances in imaging technology over the last century have allowed increasingly sophisticated glimpses into the ancient processes of mummification.
Scientists in Chile Protest Mummy Study
Jim Daley | Mar 29, 2018 | 2 min read
The Chilean government contends that the remains of a mummified fetus, recently sequenced by US researchers, were exhumed illegally.
Image of the Day: Salamander Mummy 
The Scientist | Oct 4, 2017 | 1 min read
Using newly developed X-ray imaging technology, paleontologists revealed the skeleton, soft tissues, and remnants of an ingested frog within a 35-million-year-old petrified salamander.
Ancient Microbe Migration
Karen Zusi | Jan 11, 2016 | 2 min read
Bacteria from the stomach contents of “Iceman,” an ancient corpse frozen in a European glacier, shed light on early human migration.
Incan Mummy Genome Sequenced
Bob Grant | Nov 16, 2015 | 2 min read
Researchers decode mitochondrial DNA from the 500-year-old remains of a native South American child, revealing a new line of maternal ancestors.
TB over Time
Jef Akst | Aug 1, 2015 | 4 min read
Eighteenth-century DNA sequences yield insights into the history of tuberculosis infections.
TB Traces
The Scientist | Jul 31, 2015 | 1 min read
Take a trip to the mummy museum in Vác, Hungary, to see the human remains that helped researchers learn more about the origins of tuberculosis in Europe.
Splitting Hairs
Jyoti Madhusoodanan | Sep 1, 2014 | 3 min read
Fragments of mitochondrial DNA from deer hair found on the clothing of an ice-entombed mummy offer a glimpse into Copper Age ecology.
The Iceman Cometh
Jyoti Madhusoodanan | Aug 31, 2014 | 1 min read
Meet Ötzi, the Copper Age ice man who is helping scientists reconstruct changes in the population genetics of the red deer he hunted.
The Mummy Code
Dan Cossins | Aug 1, 2013 | 4 min read
Ancient-DNA researchers have long clashed over work on Egyptian mummies, but next-gen sequencing might resolve their debates.
Sequencing Mummies
Dan Cossins | Jul 31, 2013 | 1 min read
Peek inside the South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology in Italy, where researchers are unravelling the DNA of centuries-old mummies.
Inca Children Got High Before Death
Chris Palmer | Jul 29, 2013 | 2 min read
Evidence from mummified remains of three children discovered atop an Argentinian volcano suggests they were drunk and stoned for a year leading up to their ritual sacrifice.
Ancient Pharaoh Was Murdered
Jef Akst | Dec 18, 2012 | 2 min read
DNA samples and CT scans reveal that Ramesses III likely had his throat slashed by his son and other conspirators.
Genome Digest
Cristina Luiggi | Mar 7, 2012 | 3 min read
Meet the species whose DNA has recently been sequenced.
Mummy Cancer
Cristina Luiggi | Oct 28, 2011 | 1 min read
Researchers diagnose the second oldest known case of prostate cancer in a two-thousand-year-old-Egyptian mummy.
Scanning Ancient Animal Mummies
Cristina Luiggi | Jul 1, 2011 | 1 min read
A collection of ancient Egyptian animal mummies from the Brooklyn Museum is subjected to the powerful X-rays of a CT scanner in order to peer through the centuries-old packaging. 
Unveiling Animal Mummies
Cristina Luiggi | Jul 1, 2011 | 3 min read
Powerful CT scans reveal thousand-year-old secrets from a collection of preserved animals from ancient Egypt.
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