A new look at primate evolution suggests that the festive feeling many people get from a glass of wine may be rooted in ancient behavior. Scientists say our attraction to alcohol can be traced back to ...

It’s an unprecedented look into prehistoric anatomy.

Scientists are uncovering signs that Earth has been hit by powerful cosmic blasts that leave little trace on the surface yet unleash extraordinary heat and pressure.

The Fertile Crescent, a boomerang-shaped region spanning modern-day Middle Eastern countries, is considered the cradle of ...

Newly discovered fossils prove that a mysterious foot found in Ethiopia belongs to a little-known, recently named ancient ...

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

Scientists have uncovered evidence of a colossal shark that lived off northern Australia about 115 million years ago, ...

The discovery could cast some doubt on the status of Lucy's species as the direct ancestor of Homo sapiens.

Washington, DC— Pairing cutting-edge chemistry with artificial intelligence, a multidisciplinary team of scientists found fresh chemical evidence of Earth’s earliest life—concealed in 3.3-billion-year ...

Scientists found 3.3 billion-year-old biosignatures in ancient meteorites and fossils—a billion years older than we thought possible.

Scientists have extracted the oldest RNA molecules out of a woolly mammoth, gaining a snapshot into the processes at work in ...

Scientists mapped ancient Martian rivers and drainage basins, revealing past water flows and habitable environments of Mars’s climate and geological history.