A groundbreaking discovery in the realm of ancient medicine has emerged from a 2,200-year-old tomb in southern China.

Earth formed about 4.6 billion years ago, during the geological eon known as the Hadean. The name "Hadean" comes from the ...

The remains of extinct Homo erectus dredged from the seabed off Java, along with thousands of animal fossils, are revealing a long-lost ecosystem.

Micrometeorites raining down from space may have provided the perfect surfaces for the first primitive cells to form on Earth ...

In China, researchers studying the burial site of one of the world's most well-preserved mummies also unearthed what's ...