80-million-year-old fossils revealed that this dyrosaurid species began to diversify millions of years earlier than ...

This 375-million-year-old fish, the closest known relative of the ancestors of limbed animals such as humans, likely evolved ...

An ancient, shared set of human-specific genes underwent changes in a geographically isolated population after around 300,000 years ago, scientists say.

From an incredible series of revelations about the ancient humans called Denisovans to surprising discoveries about tool ...

New research reveals ancient humans in southern Africa lived in isolation for nearly 100,000 years. This led to unique ...

A new study shows that Etruscan cities grew through shifting land use, farming, and settlement patterns in ancient Italy.

Many of the ancient southern Africans, including those who lived between about 10,200 and 1,400 years ago, "fall outside the ...

Scientists have sequenced the genome of the \"vampire squid from hell,\" revealing it bridges the evolutionary gap between ...

A newly identified crocodile relative from Egypt pushes back the origins of the marine-hunting dyrosaurids by millions of years. The fossil, Wadisuchus kassabi, shows a mix of primitive and advanced ...

Blazing colors and enticing scents may be showy, but they're just one part of the toolkit plants use to lure in pollinators.

Scientists say humans' fondness for alcohol traces back to primate ancestors who sought fermented fruits, shaping both ...

Scientists in Britain say ancient humans may have learned to make fire far earlier than previously believed, after uncovering ...