Analysis of woolly rhinoceros DNA recovered from the permafrost-preserved wolf further hints that the Ice Age beasts went ...

A story about a “mysterious power plug” turning up in a 100,000‑year‑old cave sounds tailor‑made for viral headlines and late ...

Deep-sea sediment layers show rare microbial wrinkle structures that formed in environments far beyond the reach of sunlight. Dr. Rowan Martindale, a paleoecologist and geobiologist at the University ...

Little is known about why the woolly rhinoceros went extinct around 14,000 years ago. Scientists have found clues in an unusual source: the frozen remains of an ice age wolf.

The ability of the early toolmakers to select high-quality stone, produce sharp flakes, and return to familiar raw-material sources suggests a deep understanding of their landscapes. It allowed early ...

The oldest direct evidence of humans using poisoned arrows was in the Holocene, which began 11,700 years ago. Bone arrow ...

A cluster of prehistoric dugout canoes resting beneath Lake Mendota in Madison, Wisconsin, has been dated to as early as around 3000 BC, meaning at least one is older than Egypt’s Great Pyramid of ...

Towards the end of the last ice age, an ancient wolf feasted on a young woolly rhinoceros (Coelodonta antiquitatis). When the ...

The Romans knew their way around Europe. They also knew how to build with a view. A 2,000-year-old stone wall unearthed in a ...

This historic village near Colne that was home to a grand hall believed to have inspired Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre and now ...

Your iPhone's battery life might be impressive, but it's nothing compared to the longevity of these ancient 'walkie-talkies'.

High in the Tobacco Root Mountains of Montana, a wall of stone rises from the forest floor in clean, geometric tiers that ...