During the Younger Dryas event, Skye would have been cut off from the rest of the world by the Scottish Highland ice cap, so ...

The barrier islands off the coast of Georgia are littered with millions of oysters left behind by Indigenous peoples. New ...

An Austrian site occupied by humans from around 24,000 to 20,000 years ago documents a switch towards hunting reindeer for ...

A new archaeological study on underground passageways in Saudi Arabia has shed new light on ancient human activity.

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In the earliest hours after fertilization, an embryo takes its first steps toward becoming a living organism by shedding ...

The location was thought to be far too close to the poles to have supported humans at that time, making the finding a paradox. If the assessment is correct, however, the discovery proves our ...

John Long/The ConversationThe emergence of four-legged animals known as tetrapods was a key step in the evolution of many species today – including humans.Our new discovery, published today in Nature, ...

Lead Contamination in Ancient Greece Points to Societal Change Jan. 30, 2025 — Studies of sediment cores from the sea floor and the coastal regions surrounding the Aegean Sea show that humans ...