A study led by McKenna Litynski, a recent Ph.D. graduate in anthropology and adjunct assistant professor at the University of ...

Researchers have uncovered the true purpose of a grand staircase in Pompeii's House of Thiasus villa which they believe led ...

Scientists have discovered a new species of chiton, an ancient marine mollusk that has remained virtually unchanged for the ...

The report details how two lakes in the Democratic Republic of Congo are releasing carbon from surrounding peatlands.

In January, while examining ancient texts at Italy’s National Central Library of Florence, historian Ivan Malara found an ...

The fossilised bones of our ancestors remain silent. So, how can we possibly imagine what our earliest languages sounded like ...

Archaeologists in Uzbekistan have uncovered 80,000-year-old arrowheads, possibly crafted by Neanderthals.

The Minoans’ obsession with solar eclipses led to the creation of remarkable hilltop observatories and potentially the first ...

There are many open questions about how our planet formed 4.55 billion years ago: When did plate tectonics start? When did the Earth's mantle begin to vigorously circulate in a process called ...

The copper and leather device represents the first evidence of mechanical tools from Egypt’s pre-Pharaonic history.

The researchers also found that Neanderthals had far more human DNA on their X chromosomes than expected. This confirms the ...

Fire-resistance, ‘swollen knees’ to fight decay, toxins to wipe out rivals: There are lessons for science in the tools that have allowed the world’s oldest trees to survive.