For decades, the fossils found in the Pilbara region of Western Australia were the subject of heated debate. Were they truly ...

In a study published in Communications Earth & Environment, a team of geoscience researchers took a closer look at the ...

The study also compared the results with measurements of lunar anorthosites, which are rare rocks on Earth but very common on ...

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

A remarkably preserved spider fossil, Arthrolycosa wolterbeeki, dating over 310 million years old, was discovered in northern ...

A recently published study suggests humans' creative inclinations go back much further than previously thought ...

Archaeologists have uncovered evidence of a ritual-based site that may have been built long before the rise of Maya rulers ...

Long ago, some saltwater fish adapted to freshwater — and in doing so, developed an extraordinary sense of hearing rivaling ...

Scientists have found proof that a parasite still troubling oysters today was already up to its old tricks nearly half a ...

Researchers digitally reconstructed the skull of the ancient Hippopotamus creutzburgi, an extinct dwarf hippo of the Greek ...

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

A study by research teams at the National Museum of Natural Science and National Taiwan University has, for the first time, ...