Contrary to popular belief, the roots of modern dog breeds extend far beyond the Victorian-era breeding efforts of the 19th ...

A mass extinction of fish 360 million years ago hit the reset button on Earth’s life, setting the stage for modern vertebrate biodiversity. The mass extinction scrambled the species pool near the time ...

What if the 'Market Economy' always existed? Archaeologists tried to answer this question by researching how much Bronze Age people used to spend to sustain their daily lives. Their results show that, ...

Much before humans constructed their first permanent shelters, they discovered the protective power of animal hides as a barrier against harsh environmental conditions. This fundamental principle of ...

Dogs were more than just tools, they were companions and symbols in human society. Their importance: over millennia, humans shaped dogs for function, culture, and identity, making the early variation ...

The prehistoric Jomon people of Japan had "unexpectedly low" levels of DNA from the Denisovans, our mysterious human ...

Researchers in the Andes of Argentina discovered one of the oldest known dinosaurs as a species new to science. Lucas Fiorelli (CRILAR-CONICET), Martín Hechenleitner (CRILAR-CONICET), and Léa ...

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