New research shows RNA is preserved for longer than scientists had realized. This is the oldest RNA ever profiled.

“Our findings, combined with prior research, indicate that opium use was more than accidental or sporadic in ancient Egyptian ...

Scientists have extracted the oldest RNA molecules out of a woolly mammoth, gaining a snapshot into the processes at work in ...

Scientists have detected some of the oldest signs of life on Earth using a new method that recognizes chemical fingerprints ...

About 5,000 years ago, people living in what is now Iran began extracting copper from rock by processing ore, an activity ...

Through cutting-edge forensic science and ancient DNA analysis, scientists have solved one of medieval Europe's most enduring archaeological mysteries. The victim, Duke Béla of Macsó, was a member of ...

The researchers’ simulations reveal that these continental shelves expanded dramatically. Over roughly 350 million years, the ...

Analyses of fossils and ancient genomics reveal how early human populations bred less wolf-like companions, and might have ...

Among the early Maya, the site of Aguada Fénix would have been a place for everyone to gather for trade, socialization, and ...

A quest to discover new antibiotics is taking a Cal Poly biochemistry research team back in time millions of years as they ...

Ancient Greek cartographers, from Anaximander to Ptolemy, turned myth and measurement into world maps, shaping latitude and ...

It’s wild to think that a math puzzle from the 1200s is now helping power AI, encryption, and the digital world we live in.