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

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 ...

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

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

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, ...

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