The year’s most notable findings also include insights into dog and sheep domestication and a new species of manta ray in the ...

A seven-million-year-old fossil may rewrite human origins, showing our ancestors were walking upright far earlier than anyone expected.

A $2.3 million restoration is using advanced laser technology to clean and preserve the 1,840-year-old Rome’s Column of Marcus Aurelius.

You have probably seen the images of the surface of Mars, beamed back by NASA's rovers. What if there were a time machine ...

Chemical traces of opium found in an ancient Egyptian alabaster vase shows it had a widespread use. An ancient alabaster vase ...

Scientists discover Bronze Age plague DNA in 4,000-year-old sheep remains, shedding light on how ancient diseases spread between animals and humans across Eurasia.

A humungous shark that lived 115 million years ago surpassed the size of modern-day great whites, paleontologists discovered ...

The DNA uncovered a complex ancient community with a startling family secret. In a mountain cave in southern Italy, Bronze ...

Greek philosopher Thales of Miletus, often described as the West's first scientist, believed the whole Earth was suspended on ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) has brought ancient languages to life, such as Ancient Greek and Old English, by demonstrating ...

Scientists have uncovered ancient wolf remains on a small Baltic island where wolves could only have been brought by humans.

The idea of ancient civilisations pioneering orthodontics is irresistible, but archaeology shows their gold dental work ...