For decades, the fossils found in the Pilbara region of Western Australia were the subject of heated debate. Were they truly ...

Ancient rocks reveal a potassium-40 deficit, the first physical evidence of the proto-Earth and insights into early planetary ...

In this video, I demonstrate the process of making a knife using ancient Greek technology, focusing on techniques like case ...

Getting a glimpse into the past is always fascinating. But what’s even more fascinating is finding out just how similar we still are as human beings, even when thousands of years separate us (case in ...

University of Sheffield and University College London researchers have made the first successful detection of estrogen, ...

After NASA announced it had found potential evidence of ancient microbial life on Mars, imagery supposedly released by the US ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS Since February 2021, NASA's Perseverance rover has been exploring a ...

A new study shows ancient Egyptians made bronze stronger with speiss, changing what experts knew about early metalworking ...

A study suggests that the first of seven key pyramids in Egypt, the Step Pyramid of Djoser, was built using a hydraulic lift. Dated to about 4,500 years ago, this would move up the introduction of ...

New research published in Nature Ecology & Evolution sheds light on the timelines and pathways of evolution of fungi, finding evidence of their influence on ancient terrestrial ecosystems. The study, ...

Scientists reveal that an asteroid impact in Finland created a long-lasting habitat where microbes thrived millions of years after impact.

Last month, Associate Professor of Archaeology Felipe Rojas and Dartmouth postdoctoral fellow Robert Weiner ’16 MA’16 published their paper “Choreographic empathy beyond human and animal.” The paper ...