The researchers who found the pendant, which was determined to be 19,000-25,000 years old, used gloves and face masks when excavating and handling it, avoiding contamination with modern DNA.

A metal detectorist in Germany has unearthed an Early Middle Ages hoard that contains 200 artifacts, including a pendant that may be a cross or an unfinished Thor's hammer.

The pendant is 20,000 years old. Ancient DNA shows who wore it. Scientists said a new method identified the object’s long-ago owner as a Stone Age woman closely related to hunter-gatherers known ...