By analyzing ancient DNA, scientists determined when, where and how our ancestors got sick from infectious diseases.

A 259-million-year-old fossil skull of Yinshanosaurus angustus has been found, filling a key evolutionary gap in ...

Scientists have uncovered DNA from 214 ancient pathogens in prehistoric humans, including the oldest known evidence of plague ...

Scientists in recent years have made progress in finding ancient DNA in fossils, gaining insight into organisms that lived ...

Ancient DNA from prehistoric bones reveals a 37,000-year timeline of human infections, tracing our long struggle with disease.

Some ancient Greek and Roman philosophers supported vegetarianism. Killing animals for pleasure causes people to develop the ...

When large marine animals like whales die, they sink down to the seabed. Once their flesh has been stripped away by ...

Archaeologists have unearthed the earliest known multifunctional tool made from cave lion bone, shedding new light on ...

The famed Lord of the Rings director has donated his money and his bones to make a legend come to life with Colossal ...

From tail-wagging agents of battle to divine deities, ancient Mesopotamia’s civilisations saw dogs as more than just pets.

Something strange happens to water as it moves through the stems of horsetail plants – and this unique process provides ...

Titanoboa is the most massive snake to have ever lived on Earth; or was it? Scientists have recently discovered another huge ...