Early eukaryotes, the lineage that later gave rise to animals, plants and fungi, may have depended on oxygen from the start.

Ready for a “root” awakening? Towering fossilized tree trunks entombed upright in layers of rock across the US are stirring ...

Prehistoric rock art site in northeast Zimbabwe showing a variety of large animals including elephant and rhino. Image ...

Ancient DNA reveals how family bonds helped Andean communities survive climate crisis, disease, and the pressures of early ...

A colossal new sea predator named Tylosaurus rex has been identified from fossils found in Texas, revealing a brutal 43-foot-long hunter that ruled ancient oceans 80 million years ago. The discovery ...

A hidden crater in South Korea may hold clues to one of the biggest turning points in Earth’s history: the rise of oxygen. Scientists discovered fossil-like stromatolites — layered structures built by ...

Around 100 million years ago, real kraken-like creatures stalked Earth’s prehistoric oceans. According to a study published today in the journal Science, some of the planet’s oldest known octopuses ...

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There is something quietly humbling about standing before an ancient artifact and realizing, with all of our satellites, supercomputers, and electron microscopes, we still have no clue how it was made ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ancient DNA has revealed a genetic link between the cultures of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, according to research published Wednesday in the journal Nature. Researchers sequenced ...