Ancient Transaction Records from 3100 BC and Modern Database Timestamp Limits

One of the oldest known written ‘recipes’ in the world is a nearly 4,000-year-old Sumerian clay tablet describing how to brew beer — and it makes a case that fermentation, more than roasting or baking, may have been humanity’s first laboratory science

Around 1800 BCE, the Hymn to Ninkasi was written down in cuneiform. It was addressed to Ninkasi, the Sumerian goddess of beer. The tablet th

A new record holder for the world's oldest amber discovered in China

Paleontologists in China have discovered the oldest chemically verified amber ever found, dating to 385 million years ago. That's approximat

5,500-year-old plague DNA found in Siberian hunter-gatherer graves is oldest known

Plague DNA in ancient graves near Siberia's Lake Baikal suggests the disease threatened people long before farming and crowded settlements.

5,500-year-old plague DNA found in Siberian hunter-gatherer graves is oldest known

Plague DNA in ancient graves near Siberia's Lake Baikal suggests the disease threatened people long before farming and crowded settlements.

Exploring how PostgreSQL 18 conquered time with temporal constraints

Oldest plague evidence found in 5,500-year-old Siberian child graves, study reveals

A new study describes the oldest evidence of a plague outbreak ever found, in a set of skeletons excavated from prehistoric graves in Siberi

Ancient teeth from Siberia rewrite the plague's timeline, dating back to over 5,500 years ago

Scientists have found the oldest known evidence of the plague, which sparked deadly outbreaks dating back about 5,500 years ago—some 200 yea