There's a little thrill that comes when you read about people from long-vanished worlds. Their ruins whisper, their myths ...

New fossil discovery reveals 535 million-year-old worms, annelids, that were already crawling and swimming, reshaping early ...

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How did the earliest life on Earth build complex biological machinery with so few tools? A new study explores how the ...

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A female Anopheles quadrimaculatus mosquito takes a blood meal from a host. For millennia, this mosquito has spread malaria.

Decoded cuneiform tablets reveal early societies’ magic, politics, and bureaucracy, including rare rituals, king lists, and ...

Human history is littered with expired civilizations, and scholars and archaeologists have made a determined effort to ...

A remarkable genetic breakthrough has uncovered what may be one of the clearest snapshots yet of a Neanderthal “community” ...

High in the rugged peaks of the South Caucasus, archaeologists have uncovered the sprawling remnants of a forgotten ...

Cecrops, Athens’ first king, banned bloody sacrifices and reformed worship with laws, morality, and symbolic offerings.

By analyzing ancient and modern DNA, scientists are uncovering the genetic origins of the Greek people, shaped over millennia ...