Fossils collected in Osaka more than 30 years ago have revealed a surprise hiding in plain sight: four previously unrecognized bones from a giant Cretaceous mosasaur. Among them is the first confirmed ...

Scientists have found smallpox viruses in the remains of people in Chile from around 500 years ago, revealing how the virus may have evolved into a global killer.

There is something quietly humbling about standing before an ancient artifact and realizing, with all of our satellites, supercomputers, and electron microscopes, we still have no clue how it was made ...

Astronomers say a dwarf galaxy, left, merged with the primitive Milky Way galaxy about 12 billion years ago. Credit: NASA / ...

The La Mojana field systems in Colombia’s wetlands are some of the largest examples of monumental ancient engineering in ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Ancient DNA has revealed a genetic link between the cultures of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, according to research published Wednesday in the journal Nature. Researchers sequenced ...

What does it mean to be human? For a long time, the answer seemed clear. Our species, Homo sapiens—with our complex thoughts and deep emotions—were the only true humans to ever walk the Earth. Earlier ...

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