Historians have long speculated that Europeans introduced smallpox to the Americas, which then killed hundreds of millions of ...

Ancient DNA from Inca mummies is the first genetic proof that European colonists brought smallpox to the Americas. The post ...

See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google Scientists have discovered what’s thought to be the oldest known mummies in the world in southeastern Asia, dating back ...

NEW YORK — Researchers have unearthed a spooky pair of dinosaur mummies that seem to have been preserved in an unexpected way. These dinosaur remains are different from the wrapped mummies of Egypt or ...

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 ...

Do mummies belong in museums? The instinctive answer may be “yes,” but that answer might change when you consider what a mummy actually is. A mummy, simply put, is a body that’s unusually well ...

According to a study published today in the journal Science, a team at Trinity College Dublin has identified the oldest viral ...

A groundbreaking scientific discovery has provided the first molecular evidence that European colonizers brought devastating ...