Weasels are small carnivores with a long body and short legs. They also have a stout skull and sharp teeth. These creatures, ...

The Monte Verde archaeological site in southern Chile has long been the crown jewel of evidence for the early peopling of the Americas, widely accepted as proof that humans arrived long before the ...

Researchers call the Antikythera Mechanism a 'computer' that 'breaks' the chronology of history, citing newly decoded functions uncovered long after its shipwreck.

Ancient animal history is extremely difficult to reconstruct, for a number of reasons. Some of the earliest creatures in ...

From ancient bagpipes to modern synthesisers, we trace the origins of 25 musical instruments across continents. It explores ...

A famous “oldest octopus” fossil has been exposed as a case of mistaken identity. Advanced imaging revealed hidden teeth ...

The assemblage suggests that the ancestors of some of today’s animal groups may have arisen before the famed Cambrian ...

Combining newly sequenced squid genomes with existing databases revealed rapid squid and cuttlefish diversification in the ...

Scientists have discovered fossils showing that complex animals existed millions of years before the Cambrian explosion, reshaping the timeline of life on Earth. The finds reveal a strange, diverse ...

Humans and Neanderthals not only coexisted and interbred, but actively collaborated and shared their cultures. This stunning ...

An international team of researchers has found that Neanderthals suffered a major population crash that started around 75,000 ...