Scientists discovered the oldest evidence of life on Earth in fossils located in the Nuvvuagittuq belt in Quebec
On Mar. 2, 2017, scientists discovered the oldest evidence of life on Earth in fossilized microorganisms that are…
On Mar. 2, 2017, scientists discovered the oldest evidence of life on Earth in fossilized microorganisms that are…
On Oct. 31, 2016, scientists reported that humans domestication of crops and livestock are dated to 14000 BCE…
On Oct. 19, 2015, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) geochemists announced evidence that life likely existed on…
On Feb. 12, 2014, Scientists, led by ancient DNA expert Eske Willerslev of the University of Copenhagen and…
On Jan. 29, 2014, Neanderthal genes were unearthed in modern humans by University of Washington scientists Benjamin Vernot…
On May 14, 2013, a University of Washington led team announced that DNA analysis had unearthed the origins…
On Sept. 10, 2012, the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation announced winners of the annual Lasker Awards: Michael…
On Jan. 6, 2012, scientists reported that small-seeded soybeans indicating wild-type soybeans date to 9,000 years ago. Historical…
On May 7, 2010, in a paper released in Science, an international consortium announced sequencing the genome of…
On Jan. 8, 2005, researchers from Baylor University Medical Center reported that although the origin of smallpox is…
On Nov. 20, 1990, Michael Crichton’s “Jurassic Park” novel was pulbished, introducing DNA technology to a wide audience….
Early Chinese medical writings in approximately 3600 B.C. were the first to record the decreases in goiter size…
In 430 BCE, a plague struck the city of Athens, which was then under siege by Sparta during…
In 400 BCE, Greek historian Herodotus wrote of Scythians archers from the Black Sea region that used poison-tipped…
Around 8000 BCE, Potatoes, the world’s most widely grown tuber crop, were first cultivated for food in area…