The discovery of smallpox DNA in a 17th century child mummy may shorten the timeline of the deadly infectious disease’s history, according to a study published Thursday. Specimens of the smallpox-causing variola virus now exist…
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Stone Age mummy still revealing secrets, 25 years on
When police heard about the frozen corpse up in the Alps in September 1991, they opened a criminal probe. Murder it was, but the crime was rather old — and the ultimate cold case. The…
Was this 5,300-year-old mummy a Copper Age fashionista?
The 5,300-year-old Alpine mummy known as the Tyrolean Iceman died wearing leather clothes and accessories harvested from no less than five wild or domesticated species, a DNA analysis published Thursday revealed. Frozen solid after being…