Ancient sheep buried in an elite grave in Egypt show the oldest evidence of humans deliberately deforming the horns of livestock. Exactly why it was done remains a mystery. In the 5,700-year-old dig ...

A new study has decoded a mysterious plague that swept across Eurasia thousands of years ago. An ancient strain of plague (Yersinia pestis) has been identified in a 4,000-year-old domesticated sheep.

Four thousand years ago, a sheep in the Eurasian Steppe carried a lethal bacterium that once swept across continents. The discovery of its preserved DNA has given scientists the first direct evidence ...

Archaeologists have uncovered strangely deformed sheep skulls at an ancient Egyptian burial site, representing the oldest known example of humans modifying livestock horns. Researchers also found the ...

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Vessel supported by two rams, 2600 to 2500 BCE, object number 1989.281.3. Credit: Gift of Norbert Schimmel Trust, 1989, open access Met Museum. Vessel supported by two rams, 2600 to 2500 BCE, object ...

The isolated Faroe Islands were once home to an unknown population in 500 AD, about 350 years before Vikings ever arrived, according to new research. And the evidence comes from an unusual source: ...

JENSEN, Utah (KUTV) — Federal authorities are investigating damage to a significant archaeological site in Uintah County where climbing bolts were illegally installed on the historic Pregnant Sheep ...

Jess Thomson is a Newsweek Science Reporter based in London UK. Her focus is reporting on science, technology and healthcare. She has covered weird animal behavior, space news and the impacts of ...