Two chunks of ocher unearthed at ancient rock shelters in Ukraine were actually Neanderthal crayons, according to a recent ...

How could the principle of "radical mundanity" proposed by the Fermi paradox help explain why humans haven't found evidence ...

Archaeologists have studied how astronauts use the International Space Station to improve its potential future successors.

In the south-east of the continent at Budj Bim (Mount Eccles), modern science can tell us a volcanic eruption happened between 30,000 and 39,000 years ago. Gunditjmara people hold a story about an ...

A study reveals that Sumer, the cradle of civilization, rose because of natural tidal irrigation that shaped the world’s ...

Ozempic, MRI machines and flat screen televisions all emerged out of fundamental research decades earlier — the very types of ...

Plague, leprosy, smallpox and other diseases didn't jump from animals to humans when we thought. Ancient DNA is revealing ...

The past has never been more visible. While ancient ruins crumble under the weight of time, weather, and human activity, a ...

Archaeologists in the Middle East have unearthed a stunning 5,500 year old piece of evidence that changes what we know about ...