NC State University and the NC Museum of Natural Sciences discover the nanotyrannus, a smaller dinosaur once thought to be a ...

Two chunks of ocher unearthed at ancient rock shelters in Ukraine were actually Neanderthal crayons, according to a recent ...

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

Long before there were maps or names for continents, a handful of people stood at the edge of the world. Picture them on a ...

In the south-east of the continent at Budj Bim (Mount Eccles), modern science can tell us a volcanic eruption happened between 30,000 and 39,000 years ago. Gunditjmara people hold a story about an ...

In a suspected case of reverse evolution, wild tomatoes in the Galápagos have developed a defense mechanism that hasn’t been seen in millions of years.

A team of researchers at The University of New Mexico has uncovered how a peculiar, prehistoric plant might unlock new ways ...

Ochre artefacts found in Crimea show signs of having been used for drawing, adding to evidence that Neanderthals used ...

While more evidence is needed to link paleo-Americans to Japan, it is possible that they came by boat instead of crossing the ...

New research reveals how powerful coronal mass ejections may have been essential to the rise of life on planet Earth.

From looping hallways to echoing stairwells, eerie architecture taps into ancient survival instincts—and exposes how our ...

Without the scholars of the Islamic Golden Age, who translated Ancient Greek, it is likely that ancient knowledge would now ...