Its cryptic inscriptions could rewrite the early history of runic writing in Scandinavia.

New research reveals a surprising link between the ancient tectonic history of oceanic plates and their fate as they subduct ...

A newly discovered settlement in the north-western Nile delta was built by the Egyptian New Kingdom perhaps 3500 years ago ...

In a cave overlooking the ocean on the southern coast of South Africa, archaeologists discovered thousands of stone tools, created by ancient humans roughly 20,000 years ago. By examining tiny details ...

Newly published research has revealed that compositional rock anomalies within oceanic plates caused by ancient tectonics ...

Bacteria used oxygen far earlier than expected, reshaping views on early life, evolution, and photosynthesis origins.

Scientists at the University of Queensland have contributed to the development of a precise timeline for bacterial evolution, indicating that some bacteria used oxygen long before they evolved the ...

Scientists have helped to construct a detailed timeline for bacterial evolution, suggesting some bacteria used oxygen long before evolving the ability to produce it through photosynthesis.

Scientists assumed most forms of life before the Great Oxidation Event didn't metabolize oxygen—but recent research suggests ...

Microbial organisms dominate life on Earth, but tracing their early history and evolution is difficult because they rarely ...

One Piece's Elbaf Arc secretly dropped a hint that the series' lore is far older than the just the Void Century.