Archaeologists in China uncover 573 ancient stone fortresses, shedding light on early settlement patterns and social ...

We now have only the second high-quality genome from an ancient Denisovan human, which reveals there were more populations of ...

Flinders University fossil experts have unearthed more clues about why kangaroos and wallabies have endured to become one of ...

An extinct snake has slithered its way out of obscurity over four decades after its discovery. The newly described species of ...

Over 500 million years ago, the Cambrian Period sparked an explosion of skeletal creativity. Salterella, a peculiar fossil, ...

Anthropologist Christopher Bae has recently suggested we add two new species of ancient human to our family tree. The plans ...

This 375-million-year-old fish, the closest known relative of the ancestors of limbed animals such as humans, likely evolved the foundation for rear legs even before the move to land, researchers say.

Ancient Greece’s sculptures are a cornerstone of world art, studied for their lasting influence on culture and artistic ...

Recent studies reveal that early humans didn’t just replace one another, they interbred. Fossils and DNA show hybridization ...

Ancient snakes once possessed four limbs, but evolution dramatically reshaped them. A genetic 'switch' called the ZRS ...