Human remains found in tightly crouched postures at pre-Neolithic burial sites in China and Southeast Asia appear to have ...

Previously, some of the oldest mummies on earth were known to be in South America and dated back to about 7,000 years ago Scientists revealed they have discovered the world’s oldest known mummies. A ...

Sept. 16 (UPI) --Scientists discovered what may be the world's oldest known mummies in China and Southeast Asia. The research posted in the PNAS journal examined 54 pre-Neolithic burials from 11 ...

Scientists have discovered what's thought to be the oldest known mummies in the world in southeastern Asia dating back up to 12,000 years. Mummification prevents decay by preserving dead bodies. The ...

A fragment of ancient reptile skin discovered in an Oklahoma cave is changing what scientists know about early life on land. Dated to nearly 300 million years ago, this fossilized skin is now ...

A lot of the rocks we have on Earth are pretty old, but none of them were around when our planet was first formed. The Earth itself is around 4.5 billion years old, and the oldest rocks we’ve ever ...

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The bodies appeared to have been artificially mummified by “smoke-drying” over fire Toria Sheffield joined the PEOPLE editorial staff in 2024. Her work as a writer/editor has previously appeared in ...

Some ancient societies in Asia appear to have smoke-dried their dead, effectively mummifying them thousands of years earlier ...