In a new peer reviewed analysis, scientists quantify amino acids before and after our “last universal common ancestor.” The last universal common ancestor is the single life form that branched into ...

Byline: Kaitlyn Gomez Imagine if scientists could reach back through time and recover the genetic blueprints of species that vanished thousands of years ago, then use those ancient instructions to ...

In early 1975, a group of biologists from around the world gathered at Asilomar, a conference center in Pacific Grove, California. The purpose of the conference, The New York Times reported afterwards ...

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A new study of ancient fossil trails pushes the origins of complex life deeper into Earth’s history, before the Cambrian Period began.

In 2020, analysis of a skull fragment discovered at Newgrange, County Meath, led to sensational claims of royal incest within ...

Chocolate gets its sweet history rewritten. Long believed to have been domesticated in Central America some 4,000 years ago, cacao has a more interesting story than previously thought.

Every character needs a name, but these villains would have been better off with nothing at all over what they got stuck with.

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In a nutshell A mammoth ivory boomerang discovered in a Polish cave is likely between 42,290 and 39,280 years old, making it ...

Chad Munger looks like your typical craft whiskey enthusiast. The native midwesterner wears a solid frame and boasts a well-manicured beard, speckled with white and gray to match his tousled hair. But ...