A joint team of archaeologists, chronologists, geologists, and paleontologists have successfully dated a hoard of wooden ...

DNA obtained from the remains of a man who lived in ancient Egypt around the time the first pyramids were built is providing ...

"Humans picked up some Neanderthal DNA through interbreeding, while the Neanderthal population, always fairly small, was ...

Scientists at a Denver museum stumbled onto the oldest and deepest-known dinosaur fossils unearthed in the city when drilling ...

Science Archaeology Ancient canoe replica recreates a 30,000-year-old voyage East Asian Paleolithic voyagers may have used dugout canoes to cross one of the strongest currents in the world. Laura ...

Both research teams recovered the ancient proteins from tooth enamel, the hardest substance in vertebrates’ bodies, in ...

The first full ancient Egyptian genome reveals ancestry from both North Africa and Mesopotamia. The individual likely worked ...

The discovery of more than 15,000 kilometers of ancient riverbeds on Mars suggests that the Red Planet may once have been much wetter than previously thought.

An ancient rock engraving in the Lower Nile Valley may offer a rare glimpse into the origin of Egyptian kings. The art panel ...

Smithsonian researchers have linked discoveries within Arizona’s Petrified Forest National Park with a previously unknown ...

A new study has uncovered evidence that a giant marine reptile from the Early Jurassic period used stealth to hunt its prey in deep or dark waters—much like owls on land today.

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 ...