Something unusual keeps turning up in marine sediments. These are large crystals of magnetite, formed by biology rather than geology, and preserved fo.

New evidence has emerged that sheds light on the possible first people to populate the Americas. Dating of stone and ivory ...

Scientists uncover a ‘lost world’ inside a New Zealand cave, revealing fossils of extinct birds and frogs from 1 million years ago. The discovery offers rare insight into ancient ecosystems.

About 2,000 years ago, life in the Roman town of Pompeii—located in modern-day Italy—looked a lot like life anywhere else.

The latest discoveries in Central China's Henan province are filling critical gaps in understanding East Asia's role in human ...

Approximately 290 million years ago, a carnivorous dinosaur stomping around present-day Germany had a tummy ache. The Paleozoic predator eventually vomited up its stomach contents, and then hopefully ...

Old beliefs about early human behavior in East Asia are being challenged by the discovery of a richly-layered archaeological ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has confirmed the most distant, early galaxy in the known universe. The new contender, MoM-z14, is visible just 280 million years after the Big Bang.

Synchrotron radiation has revealed a star map made by the ancient astronomer Hipparchus that was thought to be lost to time ...

An archaeological discovery of two artifacts in southern Greece are the oldest known handheld wooden tools fashioned by early human ancestors.

Researchers using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have discovered a galaxy that is providing unprecedented insights into the early stages of the universe - revealing details that scientists say ...