9+ hour, 9+ min ago  (847+ words) Wednesday, June 24, 2026 Sicily is famous as a crossroads of civilizations in the Mediterranean. A DNA study of its medieval populations proves it. PALERMO, Sicily (CN) " Sicily, the Mediterranean's largest island, was an early "melting pot" where people from distant ancestries…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (341+ words) Nearly 60, 000 years ago, Neanderthals used stone drills and toothpicks to treat cavities in the first recorded dental procedure. First discovered in 2016, a single molar from the Chagyrskaya Cave in Russia's Altai Mountains caught the eye of researchers from the Russian…...