The study questions the long-held belief that northern Africa became arid around 3 million years ago, which coincides with ...

What was life like some 8,000–9,000 years ago for the people on the East Mound at Çatalhöyük, an important Neolithic ...

A groundbreaking study suggests that the famous Cambrian explosion—the dramatic burst of diverse animal life—might have ...

Two new studies add to the evidence that human activity, from fishing to urban development, is driving the evolution of wild ...

Tropical single-island endemic bird populations are particularly vulnerable to climate change. The authors investigate genetic evidence of how such species dealt with climate changes in the past as a ...