New DNA findings alter the sex of one of most famous recent Siberian archeological finds of human remains.

Vineyards will flourish as winters become almost 10C milder heralding a large population influx, says new scientific prediction.

'Sensational' discovery in Denisova Cave is at least 50,000 years old BUT it wasn't made by Homo sapiens.

Stressed 3-month-old Glafira pulled by handler to sit down by the ballots and pose for photographers in Barnaul.

Mummified archer turns up in remote museum after locals refused to hand him over to the Hermitage in St Petersburg.

Remains of suspected female of Turkik origin found in at an altitude of 2,803 metres in the Altai Mountains.

After US warnings about threat of ISIL, Da'esh and al-Qa'ida attacks around Christmas, senator Franz Klintsevich urges tourists to head east.

Tattooed 2,500-year-old princess found mummified and preserved in permafrost could finally be reburied in special monument.