Category Science

What seems like a simple human gesture may actually carry roots far deeper in our evolutionary past. A new study has uncovered evidence that kissing evolved in the common ancestor…

Life on Earth may have appeared far earlier than scientists believed, according to new chemical evidence preserved in rocks more than 3.3 billion years old. An international team led by…

It’s often said that Neanderthal noses were perfectly suited for life in cold weather, but this common view may need some fine-tuning thanks to new fossil evidence. Neanderthals — who…

Scientists have successfully sequenced RNA belonging to a 40,000-year-old woolly mammoth. Not only do the findings shed light on one of the most celebrated animals of the Ice Age, but…

Scientists have discovered the oldest known crocodilian eggshells in a grazier’s backyard. The fossils are around 55 million years old and belong to a group of ancient crocs called mekosuchines…

For decades, Neanderthals have been cast as the supporting characters in our evolutionary story. They thrived across Ice Age Europe and Western Asia for hundreds of thousands of years until…

A 12,000-year-old clay figurine found at a prehistoric village overlooking the Sea of Galilee is reshaping what researchers know about early art, according to a study in PNAS. The artifact,…

Key Takeaways on Earth’s Magnetic Pole Shift When will the pole shift happen? Researchers say it’s definitely a matter of when and not if. The poles have shifted in the…

The best way for humankind to benefit from research is to prioritize machines over people when sharing data. Here’s why. We push out the lines that academic research needs to…

For as long as humans have looked up, the Pleiades, also known as the Seven Sisters, have stood out — a compact cluster of blue-white stars that seems small to…