Analysis of a skull found in Latvia has revealed the oldest trace of the plague. European scientists have discovered a genome of Yersinia pestis there over 5000 years old. Mandible of a 5000 year old man on which the oldest strain of plague was found. The oldest strain of plague discovered to dat
French researchers have found that women and men have a different cochlea. A discovery that will have an impact in archeology but also in forensic medicine. The colored dots illustrate the difference in torsion between a womans cochlea (left) and a mans cochlea (right). In both men and women, the
In our article When the emperor Hadrian destroyed the longest bridge in the world, we tell how this bridge was ordered to be built by Trajan in the year 103 AD. over the Danube River, to serve as a crossing and supply for the troops in the imminent Second Dacian War against Decebalus. The bridge wa
The Cro-Magnon man would have suffered from neurofibromatosis, a genetic disease resulting in unsightly nodules on the face. This is the conclusion of a study by French researchers led by Philippe Charlier and Antoine Balzeau. 3D digital reconstruction of the face of Cro-Magnon Man 1 and its lesio