A newly described fossil reveals that leeches are at least 200 million years older than scientists previously thought, and ...

Digital reconstruction of a crushed skull from an ancient human could rewrite the timeline of human evolution, according to ...

Ancient Egyptian guards may have used a tiny cow bone with a hole drilled into it to keep royal tomb workers in order. The ...

The marble sculpture, discovered at Chersonesos Taurica in Crimea in 2003, has been identified as a woman named Laodice ...

When we picture the history of money, many imagine barter leading naturally to coins, then paper bills, then cards and ...

What did people use instead of toilet paper? Seashells, tapestries, wooden sticks and more. Missing Daughters of Woman Murdered 36 Years Ago Found Alive—Sheriff ...

The engravings of life-size camels and donkeys on the side of a mountain were later found to have been created between 11,400 ...

Japan's washi paper has been crafted by hand for over 1,500 years and is prized for its beauty, strength, and distinct ...

Newly discovered prehistoric artwork suggests how a pioneering sect of desert nomads, unknown to history until now, carved ...

Late Cretaceous dinosaurs may have cut back vegetation, creating large floodplains. When the asteroid hit, those floodplains ...

Earth was not always the blue-green world we know today: early Earth's oxygen levels were about a million times lower than we ...

Just over a year ago, Nasa made a remarkable announcement. The Perseverance rover had found potential signs of ancient life ...