Researchers have uncovered microbial evidence in the remains of Napoleon’s soldiers from the 1812 Russian retreat. Genetic ...

DNA within dried feces dating from more than 1,000 years ago provides valuable insights into the pathogens that plagued ...

In 1812 Napoleon Bonaparte invaded Russia with one of the largest armies in history—the “Grande Armée” of about half a ...

In the summer of 1812, French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte led about half a million soldiers to invade the Russian Empire. But ...

Scientists from the Institut Pasteur have genetically analyzed the remains of former soldiers who retreated from Russia in 1812.

Genetic material pulled from 13 teeth found in a grave in Lithuania revealed infectious diseases that felled the French ...

Scientists dug into paleofeces for a new study, learning some very intimate details about how long-ago people lived.

Remains of some of the 300,000 soldiers who died on the retreat from Moscow reveal two bacterial diseases that probably added ...

In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists have unearthed 6,000-year-old human skeletons in Colombia that possess a DNA ...

Scholars have debated precisely what kinds of diseases ravaged Napoleon’s troops. New DNA analysis of some soldiers’ remains ...

Scientists identify 2 previously unsuspected bacteria that potentially contributed to the mass death of soldiers retreating ...

An analysis of bones from ancient people who once lived in Colombia has discovered DNA that does not directly connect them to ...