A University of Kansas researcher has spent years studying "aquaterra"—his term for regions around the world once populated ...

A uniquely preserved prehistoric mudhole could hold the oldest-ever human footprints on the Arabian Peninsula, scientists say ...

From avian influenza to Zika virus, more than 200 modern diseases are classified as zoonoses—those that can spread to humans ...

Sealed inside a rocky tomb for over four millennia, an Egyptian skeleton has just revealed a hidden chapter of ancient ...

Archaeologists have uncovered rare artifacts from the Paleolithic era at Ulukoy Cave in Türkiye’s southeastern Mardin province, revealing the earliest known evidence of human activity in northern ...

Ancient zoonotic diseases spiked 6,500 years ago due to farming and migration—reshaping human health and aiding future ...

Researchers analyzed ancient and modern genetic samples of the Greenlandic Qimmit breed to shed light on the long ...

The jaw was dated to somewhere between 10,000 and 190,000 years ago. That’s a wide range, mostly due to the challenges of dating fossils that have spent time underwater.

Scientists have found genetic evidence of an ancient group of people in Colombia with no modern-day descendants. It’s as if ...

This was a crucial moment in our evolutionary history, but it also marked a significant change in our relationship to ...

Many people know the rich and legendary history of Greece. However, who knew that the ancient Greeks originated from numerous ...

Throughout their long history, Qimmit have remained working dogs–still almost exclusively bred by mushers to pull sleds for ...