Digging up old bones and teeth might not sound exciting, but they hold secrets about our past. These secrets are hidden in tiny clues called isotopes. Isotopes are like fingerprints that tell us about the food people ate, the water they drank, and even the air they breathed. Scientists study these isotopes to learn about the environment a long time ago. They can see...

Imagine a time when the Roman Empire was crumbling, and the tiny island of Hvar in Croatia was a bustling trade hub. Between the 3rd and 5th centuries CE, people were buried in a site called Hvar - Radošević. This graveyard tells us a lot about who these people were and how they lived. Out of 33 individuals, 17 were buried in a single tomb, while the rest were spread...