Scientists have discovered prehistoric insects preserved in amber for the first time in South America, providing a fresh ...

This marks the first time researchers have identified ancient beetles, flies, ants and wasps in fossilized tree resin in ...

Human remains found in tightly crouched postures at pre-Neolithic burial sites in China and Southeast Asia appear to have ...

"smoked mummies" were found in Southeast Asia, rewriting the origins of mummification and revealing a cultural tradition.

Scientists discovered the first amber in South America first with preserved ancient insects, revealing secrets of a ...

An examination of charring on skeletons showed signs they had been exposed to low heat over long periods of time, which would ...

Scientists in Colombia have discovered a previously unknown lineage of human beings after fully sequencing the DNA of ancient ...

Scientists believe intriguing leopard spots on a rock sampled by the Perseverance rover on Mars may have potentially been ...

A planetary scientist walks through the sensors and systems that went into the recent detection of potential biosignatures.

After hundreds of years of trying, experts have finally managed to read a series of iconic, ancient scrolls – with a little ...

NASA's Mars rover Perseverance has uncovered rocks in a dry river channel that may hold potential signs of ancient ...

It's just one of many depositories of ‘secret fresh water’ known to exist in shallow salt waters around the world ...