For centuries, scholars debated whether Aristotle's account represented factual observation or mythological embellishment. The balance shifted decisively in 2018 when archaeologist Associate Professor ...

Scientists have uncovered the oldest chemical traces of life on Earth using a new machine learning method that identifies ...

A cauldron, chariot parts, ornate jewelry: Precious objects found in the Melsonby Hoard are shedding new light into the ...

Sanxingdui in Guanghan, Sichuan province, discovered in the 1920s, has yielded a wealth of discoveries over nearly a century ...

Despite cultural exchange and natural disasters, this lineage—the oldest evidence for which is a collection of 8,500-year-old ...

Teasing out biochemical information from ancient organic-rich sediments, notably the timing of the emergence of ...

Learn how a common interpretation of Neanderthal noses could be changed due to a skeleton trapped inside a sinkhole.

A machine-learning-enhanced approach to chemical analysis is drastically expanding the chemical record of life on Earth, and ...

Kissing is an ancient trait retained over the course of evolution amongst the large apes, reveal scientists at the University of Oxford and Florida Institute of Technology.

Scientists uncover new evidence of early life on Earth using advanced molecular analysis and machine learning.

Learn how researchers traced chemical evidence of early life in ancient rocks and found signs of photosynthesis nearly a ...