Starting off with Ancient Egypt, we’ve got some interesting options. Amazingly, we have two separate papyri that talk about ...

But women and men in ancient cultures used a variety of unusual methods to prevent pregnancy, with differing levels of success (and hygiene). Here are nine forms of birth control used in the ...

The ancient Egyptians went one step further with their birth control methods crafting a vaginal plug from crocodile dung. Oof ...

An ancient Egyptian mummy with a fetus tucked between its legs and another lodged inside the chest cavity — the first known of its kind — shows the mother died while giving birth to twins.

Meanwhile, an earlier study suggested that ancient cheese may have helped feed older children once lactose intolerance had kicked in. Nature , 2019. DOI: 10.1038/s41586-019-1572-x ( About DOIs ).

An ichthyosaur fossil may show the earliest live birth from an ancient Mesozoic marine reptile, according to a study published February 12, 2014 in PLOS ONE by Ryosuke Motani from the University ...

The unique 78-million-year-old fossils of an adult plesiosaur and its unborn baby may provide the first evidence that these ancient animals gave live births, according to scientists.

Ancient Whales Gave Birth on Land. News. By Jeanna Bryner published 3 February 2009 When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.