A chance discovery of two separated fossils has unlocked the secrets of Sphenodraco scandentis, an ancient tree-climbing ...

A new DNA analysis of a 4,400-year-old skeleton from ancient Egypt has found that the individual, an elite official buried ...

Forty years after the first effort to extract mummy DNA, researchers have finally generated a full genome sequence from an ...

Archaeologists have discovered a once-bustling city with buildings that had multiple storeys, and a temple of the cobra ...

Archaeologists associated with the Moesgaard Museum in Denmark uncovered the untouched burial site of a powerful chieftain ...

It's widely considered one of the cradles of civilisation. But a new study has revealed that people living in ancient Egypt ...

Our planet has been asteroid-smashed, melted and eroded, enough that most of its original armor has been long buried. Except ...

An ancient climate tipping point is revealed in new fossils dating back to Earth’s most severe extinction event, called the ...

On the shores of an ancient lake in what is now central Germany, a group of Neanderthals transformed a lakeside landscape ...

A man who lived nearly 4,800 years ago has been brought alive after his DNA was sequenced for the first time. The ...

Scientists have sequenced the oldest known DNA from ancient Egypt. It belonged to a potter who lived 4,500 years ago. This rare genetic snapshot offers new insights into the diverse ancestry of early ...

Fossils offer a glimpse into Earth's ancient life, revealing the origins and evolution of complex organisms. Discoveries like ...