Early human migration timeline into South America has stirred debate. Researchers have long argued about when these first ...

Discovered in 2000 by an amateur cave explorer, the Grotte de Cussac in the Dordogne department holds ancient human remains, traces of long-extinct bears and stunning, fragile artworks its custodians ...

Research in Honduras shows that humans began selecting for larger fruits with thicker rinds as early as 7,500 years ago—long ...

Over 30 million years ago, monkeys crossed the Atlantic on rafts. Researchers believe they made the 1,000-mile journey on ...

Southern elephant seals are the "canary in the coal mine" for the Southern Ocean, offering insight into how the ecosystem may ...

Guy Plint is no stranger to tracking prehistoric beasts. Over the past 40 years, the Western Earth Sciences professor emeritus has studied the ...

Southern elephant seals are the 'canary in the coal mine' for the Southern Ocean, offering insight into how the ecosystem may react to future climate change and human impact, new research shows.

Every so often, a discovery comes along that changes our understanding of the distant past. In the vast landscapes of the ...

Research led by Jilin University and Texas A&M University has documented the first known case of cinnabar-stained teeth in ...

Fossils on the site, including the area slated for the substation, date back roughly 200 million years to the beginning of ...

Scientists have discovered South Africa’s youngest known dinosaur tracks along the remote coastline of the Western Cape. The newly identified footprints, estimated to be around 140 million years old, ...

(CNN) — Grab your suitcase and your passport — TIME has just released its list of the world’s 100 greatest places to visit in ...