The elongated skull was likely caused by a genetic condition, but it evidently didn’t get in the way of the individual’s ...

Ultimately, these 573 fortresses redefine what we know about northern China’s prehistory. Long before the first emperors ...

Scientists from Arizona State University and other institutions finally assigned a species name to a fossil known as the ...

A new study using advanced fossil imaging reveals that ancient pterosaurs may have mastered flight almost instantly when they ...

The first humans arrived upon the landmass now known as Australia around 60,000 years ago along two distinct routes, ...

For decades, archaeologists believed that cats first started living alongside early farming communities in the Levant — covering parts of today’s Middle East and eastern Mediterranean — around 9,500 ...

The domestic cat has a long, complex and uncertain history. Ancient DNA is making its origin story clearer.

They built four models through which it could distinguish things with biological antecedents from things which lacked them. The oldest sample they identified as biological was 3.3bn years old—twice ...

The team analyzed DNA from 225 ancient cat specimens collected across Europe, North Africa, and Anatolia. These were were bones and teeth spanning more than 10,000 years of human history. From these ...

In a startling development, archaeologists say these mysterious skeletons are the father and son of this legendary ruler.

Olive oil is the Swiss army knife of foodstuffs. It can dress salads, sauté vegetables, even grease squeaky hinges. And for ...

Scientists say humans' fondness for alcohol traces back to primate ancestors who sought fermented fruits, shaping both ...