Archaeologists have made an astonishing discovery, unearthing a structure that predates all known civilizations. This ...

Scientists digitally reconstructed a 1 million-year-old skull unearthed in China. The analysis suggests it may have belonged to an ancestor of the Denisovans and “Dragon Man.” ...

Trace the history of humans and rabies, from the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia to modern scientific advances.

Researchers have recently uncovered a series of artifacts that suggest the existence of pre-human engineers, challenging our understanding of early human evolution. These findings, dispersed globally, ...

A perfect storm of breakthrough innovations, billion-dollar investments, and market disruptions just converged in ways that ...

The Neolithic site of Göbekli Tepe, widely recognized as the world’s oldest temple and a cornerstone for understanding the dawn of human civilization, has once again revealed a monumental secret.

The continents are drying, freshwater availability is shrinking, and sea level rise is accelerating… Combined, they send ...

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

England today accounts for just 0.62 percent of the world’s population — a mere 57 million people out of more than eight ...

Around 8,000 years ago, many civilizations thrived on plains that are now submerged by the North and Baltic seas. Now, scientists from a variety of northern European research institutions are ...

The award-winning science writer Peter Brannen makes the case for an often vilified compound in “The Story of CO2 Is the Story of Everything.” By Jaime Green Jaime Green is the author of “The ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a massive 3D mural on the northwest coast of Peru. Blue, yellow, red and black paints still ...