After a massive restructuring of its research ecosystem, Indonesia is taking the lead on its own palaeontological research.

Temperatures across ravaged region 3C above average as scientists warn of risks for people, ecosystems and infrastructure

This sprawling ancient metropolis in the jungle of Ecuador has revealed a unique form of urbanism. The BBC visits the site for the story of this mysterious civilisation.

Almost all animal species—including humans—have blood cells, but between different species our blood tells different stories. The lineage and components of blood cells vary widely, and this variety is...

It is one of the strangest puzzles in human evolution. About 90% of people across every human culture favor their right hand—with no other primate species showing a population-level preference on this...

Asia's last tropical glaciers can be found near Puncak Jaya, Papua, the highest peak in Southeast Asia. But it is unlikely that they will survive until the end of this decade. Over the past 44 years, ...

The hominin family tree is more like a complicated, tangled bramble.

The circular mass graves were filled with the bones of people and animals, often carefully arranged around a key person at the centre.

We appear to have more in common with our Neanderthal cousins than outward appearances would suggest. New research published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences suggests tha...

9,000-year-old Kakapel rock art in Kenya is finally linked to its creators using DNA, archaeology, and advanced imaging, revealing a

Increasing evidence suggests that our species emerged through interactions between populations living in different parts of Africa, rather than from a single birthplace. Until now, however, most expla...

A new study has shed fresh light on one of prehistory’s most puzzling events: the sudden decline of Neolithic populations across Europe

A sprinkle of nutmeg powder on baked goodies or mashed potatoes can immediately lift the flavor with its warm and sweet aroma. Even though it is used globally, not much is known about the true origins...

For his project ‘De Oförtrutna’ (The Relentless), photographer Christer Björkman pictured Swedish scientists working in the spirit of Carl Linneaus, the botanist who created the modern taxonomic syste...

A 4,000-year-old water channel network discovered in Henan, China reveals advanced engineering and urban planning of the Xia Dynasty,

By Lim Tze Tshen Of all creatures, they have become our most trustworthy four-footed buddies of all time, one with an ancestry amongst some of the most fearsome of wild carnivores. Scientifically, …

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A newly discovered human lineage buried for 11,000 years in Asia is reshaping what scientists know about Ice Age survival, ancient DNA,

New excavations and radiocarbon dates reveal that Mohenjo-daro’s origins extend back to 3300 BC, reshaping the timeline of the Indus Valley

Lithuanian-born anthropologist Birutė Galdikas, one of the world’s foremost researchers of orangutans, has died at the a...

A study incorporating new DNA data and archaeological evidence has shown that the last Neanderthals in Europe experienced a major population turnover, resulting in little diversity in their gene pool ...

March 19 : The Monte Verde archaeological site in Chile, discovered in the 1970s, revolutionized the thinking about when humans entered the Americas, with scientists calculating decades ago that this ...

Scientists trying to work out why Gauls chose to bury some of their dead in seated position facing west

Archaeologists in northeastern Iran have uncovered Bronze Age burials at Kalat-e Yavar, revealing cultural connections between the Iranian Plateau and the Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex (BMAC...

This study examines the Mostič inscription, an Old Bulgarian funerary monument written in the Old Church Slavonic alphabet under Middle Greek

Exclusive: Guardian study finds UK museums hold more than 260,000 items of remains, often in sacrilegious ways

Archaeologists in Kazakhstan have discovered new DNA evidence that may help solve one of history’s greatest mysteries—the location of Genghis Khan’s lost tomb.

A plantation worker photographed this new genus of mammal in New Guinea, thought to have been dead for 6,000 years.

Thousands of years ago, European communities used a variety of plant and animal products to create elaborate meals, according to a study published in the open-access journal PLOS One by Lara González ...

Scientists say DNA evidence indicates male Neanderthals and human females interbred more often than opposite

New archaeological interpretations that large Roman-era boathouses and a possible ancient canal in southern Norway indicate organized

Approximately 9,000 years ago, human communities in Southwest Asia underwent a dramatic transformation, known as the Neolithic revolution. This period was marked by pronounced changes in how they live...

New 26Al/10Be burial dating shows China’s Yunxian Homo erectus skulls are 1.77 million years old, making them the oldest securely dated

DNA analysis of 5,500-year-old Stone Age graves at Ajvide on Gotland reveals that hunter-gatherers buried close relatives together,

Singapore was a thriving trading hub hundreds of years before popular narratives depicted it as a quiet fishing village, according to a study of the cargo of a centuries-old shipwreck. Sometime during...

There aren't any native lion or tiger populations living in Japan today, but this was not always the case. Fossil evidence indicates that at least one species of large cat roamed the archipelago durin...

New global maps show croplands produce nearly 5% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Rice, corn, wheat and oil palm drive most of the impact.

The oldest human remains ever found in Northern Britain have been identified as a young female three years after being discovered in a Cumbrian cave. Excavated at Heaning Wood Bone Cave in Cumbria's G...

Not everyone wants their teeth to be white and gleaming. Tooth blackening is a recognized part of modern Vietnamese culture, and a recent discovery hints that the roots of this practice may stretch al...

Researchers at the University of Huddersfield have used ancient DNA to reveal that hunter-gatherers in one part of Europe survived for thousands of years longer than anywhere else on the continent—and...

Other countries benefit from the Trump brain drain as administration wages war on academia and research

Many ecologists hypothesize that, as global warming accelerates, change in nature must speed up. They assume that as temperatures rise and climatic zones shift, species will face local extinction and ...

A new study involving researchers from Oxford's Department of Earth Sciences has finally solved the mystery of what caused the collapse of an Ancient Chinese civilization—finding that widespread flood...

A DNA study reveals crocs that lived in the Seychelles represented the westernmost population of saltwater crocodiles, having swam at least 1,800 miles to reach the island.

A DNA study of mummified remains in Siberia reveals the story of the last Yakut shaman, uncovering Indigenous resistance to Russian conquest

Researchers from several European institutions, led by scientists from the University of Barcelona and the University of Alcalá, have demonstrated that the hunter-gatherers who inhabited the interior ...

People were creating cave art in Indonesia 67,800 years ago – before modern humans reached Australia.