A piece of chewed birch bark tar gum unearthed in western Sweden has unlocked a window into ancient life, revealing the ...

Its meddling and arbitrary cuts to staff, programs, and grants are killing an engine of American greatness, insiders say.

This photo provided by researchers shows rock-cut tombs in Nuwayrat, Egypt where a pottery vessel in which the remains of a ...

A newly published research paper has reignited debate about when humans first set foot in Australia, proposing a later date ...

Genetic studies point to female-centered living arrangements in Neolithic Çatalhöyük. Yet, power may not have rested solely ...

Forty years after the first effort to extract mummy DNA, researchers have finally generated a full genome sequence from an ...

Teeth from an elderly man who lived around the time that the earliest pyramids were built have yielded the first full human ...

A new DNA model suggests humans didn't reach Australia until 50,000 years ago, but archaeological data disagrees.

The earliest ever human DNA from Scandinavia is set to help humans know about the elusive people who first settled in the ...

Mitochondria are the body's "energy factories," and their proper function is essential for life. Inside mitochondria, a set ...

Scientists have created a near-copy of the long-extinct dire wolf. Using advanced CRISPR gene editing tech, it now looks ...

The first complete DNA study of an Ancient Egyptian has revealed he was probably a celebrated potter who was given an oddly ...