DNA shows Pompeii’s dead aren’t who we thought they were
People have long been fascinated by the haunting plaster casts of the bodies of people who died in Pompeii when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 CE. Archaeologists have presented certain popular narratives about who these people might have been and…
What this 500-year-old shipwreck can tell us about how we age
Dem collarbones A schematic to illustrate the approximate location from which the measurements were taken; an example right clavicle from each age group. Credit: S.I. Shalnkland et al., PLOS ONE 2024 A schematic to illustrate the approximate location from which…