Our ancient four-legged ancestors didn't have an amphibian-like life cycle when they began walking on land, according to a ...

A treasure trove of prehistoric squirrel poop is painting a picture of a lost world. Some of the oldest DNA ever discovered ...

Plague was already a deadly killer 5,500 years ago, long before cities, farming, or the rat-infested conditions usually ...

Ancient encounters between humans and the mysterious Denisovans are still shaping people today. By analyzing genomes from populations across the Pacific, researchers uncovered evidence that the ...

More than 100 million years ago, a flying reptile called a pterosaur flew over the oceans hunting squid and fish. Much more ...

How much can the written records of ancient civilizations tell us about the animals they lived alongside? Our latest research, based on the venomous snakes described in an ancient Egyptian papyrus, ...

Ancient DNA rewrites plague history after deadly outbreaks found in Siberia 5,500 years ago - Scientists say the find could ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ancient DNA has revealed a genetic link between the cultures of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, according to research published Wednesday in the journal Nature. Researchers sequenced ...

Scientists analyzing 2,000-year-old grape seeds from ancient wells in Tuscany have mapped the most extensive genetic history of ancient grapevines recovered from a single site.

Mysterious and ancient human-made islands of timber and stone have endured amidst Scotland’s more well-known standing stones, Roman forts, and 18th century battlefields. Called crannogs, archeologists ...