The genetic link between bones discovered thousands of miles away from each other suggests a prehistoric migration route.

The finding may allow archaeologists to determine whether a woman was pregnant or had recently given birth at the time of her ...

Researchers have gained new insights into rhinoceros evolution and the longevity of the North Atlantic Land Bridge from ...

Scientists have discovered an ancient skull in China, like no other they've seen before. The 300,000-year-old child skull was ...

British museum fossils, misidentified for over a century, are now known to be ancient coelacanth fish. This discovery dramatically increases the number of known specimens from the British Triassic ...

Hidden deep in ancient rocks, scientists have found the surviving traces of Earth’s first form—unchanged for 4.5 billion ...

Some of the recent advances in the quest to catch a whiff of history are featured in the new book Scents of Arabia: ...

The 1-inch pottery fragment, which is part of a seal that was used to authenticate official documents, was reportedly found ...

In new research, scientists report signs of a past methane cycle shift during the Paleocene Eocene Thermal Maximum, a rapid ...

Archaeologists recently uncovered an ancient wine production center near a castle in Turkey — and it’s believed to date back ...

The comet could be older than our solar system. The comet is also distinct because nickel vapor was detected in the gas ...

Mars’ north polar vortex locks its atmosphere in extreme cold and darkness, freezing out water vapor and triggering a ...