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Researchers sequenced 7,000-year-old Sahara mummies and found a missing lineage

Only 0.15% of a genome can be enough to redraw a map of human ancestry. Herders who lived when the Sahara had wetlands and ...
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Scientists uncover 7,000-year-old mummies with nonhuman DNA

Two naturally mummified individuals buried roughly 7,000 years ago in a Libyan rock shelter have yielded ancient genomes that reveal a previously unknown, long-isolated North African lineage. The ...
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Two 2,200-year-old mummies get CT scans at USC. Here’s what researchers found out

Each mummy was scanned in its sarcophagus, which weighs about 200 pounds. Then 3D models of the two Egyptian priests were ...

Scans of 2,000-year-old mummy show Egyptian lived with back pain

Scans of 2,000-year-old mummy show ancient Egyptian lived with back pain - Analysis revealed facial features, including shapes of eyelids and lower lips of mummies ...
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First Known Deliberate Mummification Found in Inca Child Sacrifice

A new bioarchaeological study has identified what researchers describe as the first known case of deliberate mummification applied to a child sacrificed during the Inca capacocha ritual. The finding ...
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2,000-Year-Old Mummies Show Ancient Egyptians Had Back and Hip Pain, Too

Learn how advancements in CT scanner technology is helping to unwrap the lives of ancient Egyptian mummies without even ...

This Is What an Egyptian Mummy Smells Like

According to the researchers who have worked with them, not all that bad. They’ve used descriptors like woody, spicy, and ...