Today the deserts of the Arabian peninsula are inhospitable - but 100,000 years ago the area was full of animals and ancient humans ...

For millions of years, the land we now call the United States has been home to towering prehistoric beasts, strange sea creatures, and lush ancient forests that no longer exist. Evidence of this ...

Sixteen dugout canoes, some older than Egypt’s pyramids, have been identified beneath a Wisconsin lake, turning a quiet ...

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A monumental archaeological discovery in northern China is reshaping what we know about early human settlement and society.

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An ancient, shared set of human-specific genes underwent changes in a geographically isolated population after around 300,000 years ago, scientists say.

Around 62,000 penguins died on two islands off the coast of South Africa over the course of eight years. A new study has ...

Little did he know his chosen hobby on the Isle of Wight would help rewrite history. It was a fascination which began in ...

Thanks to Elon Musk, most Americans learned earlier this year that MAGA thinks empathy is evil. Cruelty isn’t the problem, ...

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