At one time, poaching was the biggest threat to elephants in Africa. As these majestic creatures were slaughtered by the ...

Recent archaeological discoveries have shed light on how ancient humans survived a massive climate crisis triggered by a ...

The ‘witch hat’-wearing mummies have long caused debate among historians. Could they suggest Europeans reached Asia earlier than we thought?

The staggering array of modern dog breeds is typically traced to the Victorian era. But half of all canine variation was in ...

An international research collaboration, including INRAE, has published the complete set of genes (pangenome) and agronomic ...

Excavations in China's Tarim Basin uncovered a Bronze Age Oasis revealing early farming, and bronze work linked to the ...

Archaeologists involved in documenting the site described the volcanic rock surfaces as "among the earliest canvases of the human imagination," noting that every carved line—whether depicting animals, ...

New research shows the prehistoric Jomon people of Japan carried almost no Denisovan DNA, offering clues about early human ...

A German archaeologist discussed his team’s research on two cadavers buried in early medieval England — both of whom had ...

The genetic link between bones discovered thousands of miles away from each other suggests a prehistoric migration route.