The new study showed that the frequency of people with dark skin was still high in parts of Europe until the Copper Age (also ...

Millions of years ago, a band of intrepid iguanas boarded a floating vessel, and reached the remote Pacific island chain.

The growth and lifespan of Parvancorina minchami, small anchor-shaped animals that lived on the seafloor about 550 million ...

Cambridge University researchers have uncovered evidence that two distinct populations of ancient hominins, separated for ...

Archaeologists believe that a 2,300-year-old jar from Ancient Greece containing chicken bones was likely used as part of a ...

An ancient Egyptian woman thought to have been pregnant and dying of cancer was actually just embalmed with a technique that ...

Ancient mammals that lived in the time of dinosaurs were mostly the same dark-brown colour, according to a new study ...

The Neolithic period began in southwest Asia around 12,000 years ago. It marked a major shift in human history as societies ...

Science has already proven that sculptures from ancient Greece and Rome were often painted in warm colours and now a Danish ...

Roughly 8,000-year-old remains unearthed from present-day Tunisia held a surprise: European hunter-gatherer ancestry ...

Scientists often encounter things beyond human comprehension. When studying jellyfish and their remarkable healing abilities, ...