New research confirms that modern birds retain many ancient instincts inherited from their dinosaur ancestors. From complex ...

New research suggests that modern conditions may trace back to Neanderthal skull traits we share with our extinct cousins.

New research uncovers reversal of evolution in island plants. On the younger, volcanic islands of the Galápagos, wild tomato ...

Tungsten (W), a hard, heat-resistant, and corrosion-resistant metal, is indispensable to modern high-tech industries—from ...

A new study suggests that some modern brain malformations may be linked to Neanderthal ancestry. Researchers have found that people with Chiari malformation type 1, a condition where the lower part of ...

"Humans picked up some Neanderthal DNA through interbreeding, while the Neanderthal population, always fairly small, was ...

Humans have been getting infected by ancient bacteria and viruses for at least 37,000 years. Now, for the first time, ...

The National Museum of Romanian History has announced an extraordinary archaeological discovery in Mangalia, southeastern ...

A series of research findings by Chinese scientists on the samples collected by the Chang'e-6 mission from the moon's far ...

Paleontologists in southwestern China have unearthed fossils of *Dinocephalosaurus orientalis*, a 240-million-year-old marine ...

Ancient humans in Africa changed their behaviour in a major way 70,000 years ago, which could explain how their descendants ...

In the vast and often unseen world of microscopic life, a recent discovery may force scientists to rethink what it means to ...