Earliest

By Michael Le Page The Border cave in South AfricaA. Kruger People living in the Border cave in southern Africa slept on grass bedding 227,000 years ago – by far the oldest discovery of its kind. “That’s quite close to the origin of our species,” says Lyn Wadley at the University of the Witwatersrand in…

By Layal Liverpool The fragmented tooth of a man who lived 14,000 years agoG. Pavlenok A man who lived in Siberia about 14,000 years ago is the earliest known person in the world to have the specific mix of genes seen in people with Native American ancestry, analysis of DNA from a fossilised tooth has…

By Layal Liverpool The fragmented tooth of a man who lived 14,000 years agoG. Pavlenok A man who lived in Siberia about 14,000 years ago is the earliest known person in the world to have the specific mix of genes seen in people with Native American ancestry, analysis of DNA from a fossilised tooth has…

By Layal Liverpool The fragmented tooth of a man who lived 14,000 years agoG. Pavlenok A man who lived in Siberia about 14,000 years ago is the earliest known person in the world with Native American ancestry, analysis of DNA from a fossilised tooth has revealed. This suggests the link between ancient Siberian and Native…

Two individuals who died in Santa Clara County in February had tissue samples that tested positive for COVID-19, health officials learned Tuesday, revealing the novel coronavirus was responsible for deaths in the Bay Area earlier than medical officials initially believed. County Executive Jeff Smith confirmed the test results were received Tuesday from the Centers for…