After theorizing on the fossilized bird’s cause of death, the paleontologists decided on the new species’ name: Chromeornis ...

The ancient world was probably filled with magicians using science only a few understood, but the works of one man have ...

Scientists from Arizona State University and other institutions finally assigned a species name to a fossil known as the ...

The elongated skull was likely caused by a genetic condition, but it evidently didn’t get in the way of the individual’s ...

A new study using advanced fossil imaging reveals that ancient pterosaurs may have mastered flight almost instantly when they ...

Ultimately, these 573 fortresses redefine what we know about northern China’s prehistory. Long before the first emperors ...

The first humans arrived upon the landmass now known as Australia around 60,000 years ago along two distinct routes, ...

For decades, archaeologists believed that cats first started living alongside early farming communities in the Levant — covering parts of today’s Middle East and eastern Mediterranean — around 9,500 ...

A Europe-focused study published in the journal Science examined 87 ancient and modern cat genomes and found that the domestic cat, which has the scientific name Felis catus, originated in North ...

The modern house cat reached China in the 8th century. Before that, another cat — the leopard cat — hunted the rodents in ancient Chinese settlements.

Olive oil is the Swiss army knife of foodstuffs. It can dress salads, sauté vegetables, even grease squeaky hinges. And for ...

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