Combining the writing on the bones with paleoclimate reconstructions, the team found how typhoon activity helped shift the ...

Scientists discovered a series of skeletons sitting upright at an excavation site in France in January 2025.

Scientists from the University of Colombia have found an ancient "ghost" DNA genome that existed in South America over 6,000 years ago but vanished.

Researchers at the University of New Mexico have discovered that a common, prehistoric plant distills water to such an extreme degree that its chemical signature resembles that of meteorites. Led by ...

While exploring ancient seabeds in Morocco, scientists discovered strange wrinkle-like textures in deep-water sediments that shouldn’t have been there. These structures are usually made by ...

An ancient species has had experts scratching their heads about its unusual jaw shape. The salamander-like creature had a ...

Ancient scientists can be easy to dismiss. Greek philosopher Thales of Miletus, often described as the West’s first scientist, believed the whole Earth was suspended on water. Roman encyclopaedist ...

Ancient civilizations demonstrated remarkable ingenuity in solving complex engineering, architectural, and technological challenges using tools and methods that often seem impossibly sophisticated for ...

The transition from mythology to rational, scientific thought in Ancient Greece set the foundation for Western civilization.