
Archaeology
Ancient Women’s Teeth Reveal Origins of 14th-Century Black Death
A medieval cemetery yields DNA evidence of the deadly pandemic bacterium’s Central Asian ancestor
Jen Pinkowski is a science journalist based in Berlin.
A medieval cemetery yields DNA evidence of the deadly pandemic bacterium’s Central Asian ancestor
An ambitious project is underway to develop a robot with enough smarts, strength and sensitivity to restore fragmented archaeological remains
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