While many modern plants use colorful flowers to attract pollinators, ancient palm-like plants called cycads lure them by ...

A new analysis of the Hjortspring boat, an ancient wooden plank boat now on display in the National Museum of Denmark, has ...

Making fire on demand was a milestone in the lives of our early ancestors. But the question of when that skill first arose ...

A study says the Ain Samiya goblet, found in 1970, depicts a moment of cosmic creation, challenging previous scholarly ...

The discovery of the settlements over the years has led to a new understanding of the Asia Minor and Anatolia regions.

Astronomers have sighted the oldest known stellar explosion, dating back to when the universe was less than a billion years ...

According to the team, that pine pitch is the first major new clue in over a century. When the boat was built, Denmark itself ...

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Archaeologists finished excavating the most complete part ever discovered of the foundations of the walls, which surrounded ...

New evidence suggests that alcohol was a surprisingly big motivator in our monumental transition from hunting and gathering ...

As far as kitchen staples, you don’t really get much better than olive oil. It can do it all—jazz up a salad, sauté ...

The return of Lake Manly to Death Valley, known commonly as the driest place in North America, highlights historic levels of ...