A new look at fossils from the Cambrian Period around 500 million years ago has revealed that some of the earliest animals spent time on mudflats that were sometimes exposed to the air – a find that c ...

Researchers who sniffed mummified remains in the name of science were greeted more with a blessing than a curse.

Learn how environmental changes have humbled many of history’s most successful and dominant cultures.

By 1600 b.c., less than one in 20 bones found at sites in the Levant typically come from pigs, and most of those appear to be ...

A remarkable plesiosaur fossil reveals that the extinct reptiles had scales like modern sea turtles, unlike the ichthyosaurs ...

With serpentine necks, flippers and a mouth full of needle-sharp teeth, plesiosaurs have captured imaginations since ...

Ancient DNA analysis reveals that sheep were domesticated over 11,000 years ago in the Fertile Crescent. By 8,000 years ago, ...

Welcome to this edition of The Hindu on Books Newsletter. There’s a new novel out by Han Kang, winner of the 2024 Nobel Prize ...

Riley Black’s new book, When the Earth was Green, uses the latest research to envision the ancient worlds of our favorite prehistoric animals.

During the Early Bronze Age, the Southern Levant's inability to support mass sheep herding left the region lagging behind ...

An international team of researchers published a study in the journal Science, revealing new insights into sheep domestication and its profound impact on human civilization. Led by Dr. Kevin Daly, the ...

An international team of researchers have just achieved an unbelievable breakthrough: the creation of a mouse using ancient genetic components that predate animal life. Specifically, the researchers ...