A massive study of ancient DNA from nearly 16,000 people across more than 10,000 years in West Eurasia reveals that natural ...

Archaeologists in Poland have made a remarkable discovery while examining a 2,000-year-old Egyptian mummy. During the first-ever comprehensive scientific investigation of the ancient remains, ...

A badly mangled dinosaur skull, once forgotten in a drawer, turned out to be a rare and important discovery. Reconstructed by ...

A new study suggests rare earth elements form in magma above ancient subduction zones, as that magma reacts with substances ...

Ranging from the beautiful soapstone carvings that seem almost like lacy designs, to sanctums carved directly out of rocks, ...

"You want to stick your finger in a dinosaur brain?" asked Simba Srivastava. Surrounded by cabinets full of ancient bones in the paleobiology lab, the Virginia Tech undergraduate student held out a ...

By analyzing peat cores, researchers have shown how populations of nesting seabirds have fluctuated on a sub-Antarctic island ...

A Japanese poet from the 13th century, watching a blood-red sky and writing his diary, never thought his words would save ...

In a quiet space secluded from the throngs of daily visitors to Madrid's Prado art museum, a team of experts perpetuate an ...

A new study by Columbia University historian John Ma has uncovered evidence of a hidden army operating within the Roman Empire during the first century AD. Published in the Journal of Roman Studies, ...

Courtesy of People's Daily Overseas Edition. How much do you really know about Chinese characters? Beyond writing, do you ...

Humans and Neanderthals not only coexisted and interbred, but actively collaborated and shared their cultures. This stunning ...