These human ancestors would have had plenty to take advantage of near these ancient rivers. Trees bore fruit all year, and ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover has reached a scientifically thrilling region on Mars called Krokodillen, where some of the planet’s oldest rocks may hold vital clues about early Martian environments — ...

From boomtown brawls to whiskey flights, Nevada’s saloons carry the scars and stories of the state’s wild past ...

Fossilized tracks from an early reptile are now the oldest known reptilian tracks, meaning the tetrapod ancestor most likely ...

New findings in western Idaho provide evidence that North America's ancestors arrived much earlier than was previously ...

Every chip of flint or shard of bone builds a narrative of how early humans used tools to feed themselves and cooperated to ...

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Jackson Njau's fascination with human origins started as a curious teen growing up a few hours from one of the most famous archaeological sites in the world. Now a pioneering paleoanthropologist at ...

Not classified as an element until the 1780s, tungsten likely first popped up in German chemistry as ‘Wolfram,’ and Brahe’s ...

early substances, and the body’s organs.” Gold and mercury were often used by alchemists (including Brahe) in medicines, and it was common for alchemists to link the Earth’s elements to ...

Here’s what happened. Last week, a report from Black Press USA suggested that the Greensboro lunch counter display — a centerpiece artifact from the Civil Rights Movement — would be removed ...