Researchers in Texas have uncovered ancient murals hidden in the limestone shelters of the Lower Pecos Canyonlands. Painted ...

A new study published in Nature reveals that a distinct group of early humans lived in this region for at least 8,000 years, ...

Centuries-old genetic material can solve historical mysteries, from lost species to what killed Napoleon’s army.

This mouth structure wasn’t an evolutionary relic, however. It was actually a specialized feature that allowed them to thrive. It now appears Dunkleosteus boasted a head and jaw more reminiscent of a ...

Researchers have finally assigned a strange 3.4-million-year-old foot to Australopithecus deyiremeda, confirming that Lucy’s species wasn’t alone in ancient Ethiopia. This hominin had an opposable big ...

A Europe-focused study published in the journal Science examined 87 ancient and modern cat genomes and found that the domestic cat, which has the scientific name Felis catus, originated in North ...

From the Library of Alexandria to the lost works of Plato, the world is littered with ancient writings containing long-lost ...

Have We Finally "Seen" Dark Matter? Galactic Gamma-Ray Halo May Be First Direct Evidence Of Universe’s Invisible "Glue" A ...

For decades, archaeologists believed that cats first started living alongside early farming communities in the Levant — covering parts of today’s Middle East and eastern Mediterranean — around 9,500 ...

In a bold fusion of cutting-edge neuroscience and ancient Eastern wellness principles, Dr. Nailin Yao, a former Yale ...

This research has proven to be an important step in understanding the genes and cultural history of the Bo people and their unique death traditions.

The people of ancient Rome didn’t have access to modern science, but they still developed complex – and incredibly intuitive ...