Archaeologists working in the Southern Ural Mountains have uncovered an unexpected clue about how an ancient plague once ...

Geneticists reveal that the Bo people of Yunnan are direct descendants of those who practiced burial in hanging coffins.

The Harbin cranium, known as Dragon Man, is one of the most complete ancient skulls ever found and may represent a newly ...

Buried for 147 million years, a massive fossil unearthed in China is rewriting everything scientists thought they knew about ...

Archaeologists working in the historic Turkish city of İznik have revealed a stunning third-century fresco depicting Jesus as the "Good Shepherd"—the only known example of this iconic Christian motif ...

Bali’s reign as the ultimate tropical paradise is facing serious competition as savvy travelers discover equally stunning ...

Two different groups migrated to what become Australia and New Guinea 60,000 years ago, and researchers are only just ...

The oldest evidence for human ancestors using fire, dating back to between 1 million and 1.5 million years ago, comes from a ...

The modern-day Bo people of southeastern China have long maintained that they had no connection to those inside the hanging coffins.

Today, the Arabian Gulf is home to manatee-like marine mammals called dugongs that shape the seafloor as they graze on ...

Despite being a cornerstone of ancient Chinese culture, the art of incense fell out of everyday use as mass production and ...

In ancient ecosystems, small birds darted and called above fern canopies and along lake margins. Their fossils now rest encased in stone, awaiting study with modern analytical methods. A recent ...