University of Missouri scientists have used cutting-edge technology to discover the world’s oldest ochre mine, dating back 40 ...

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Scientists believe individuals of the most recently discovered 'hominin' group (the Denisovans) that interbred with modern day humans passed on some of their genes via multiple, distinct interbreeding ...

University of Missouri scientist Brandi L. MacDonald is using modern technology only found at Mizzou to help researchers ...

Rather than showing global warming is a "hoax," the paper reports that modern global warming is proceeding at an ...

A team of researchers found the remains of the “Well-man” from an 800-year-old Norse saga and used ancient DNA analysis to reconstruct who he was.

Radiocarbon dating confirmed that the body is around 900 years old, and previous studies suggested it was a man aged 30-40 ...

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Jan Cover, professor of philosophy in the College of Liberal Arts, presented “Puzzles of Portraiture” at the Westwood Lecture Series on Oct. 28.

Using new technology, researchers have been able to confirm the location of the world's oldest ochre mine and trace how ochre from the mine was dispersed to nearby communities.