In groundbreaking work from the University of Warwick, researchers have found that wild orangutans vocalise with a layered complexity previously thought to be unique to human communication, suggesting ...

In the still soil under a church in Lund, southern Sweden, archaeologists have discovered the skeletal remains of a man whose fractured bones tell us a lot about medieval life, suffering, and human ki ...

One typical day in the year 79 CE, life as usual for the residents of Pompeii came to an abrupt end. Suddenly, Mount Vesuvius erupted in a catastrophic volcanic explosion, spewing a massive mushroom ...

John Long/The ConversationThe emergence of four-legged animals known as tetrapods was a key step in the evolution of many species today – including humans.Our new discovery, published today in Nature, ...

Beneath the ancient Maya city of Dos Pilas in northern Guatemala, archaeologists recently made a grim discovery that reveals ...

In a mountainous area of eastern Turkey, a team of American researchers believes they may have uncovered the remnants of one of history's most legendary vessels—Noah’s Ark.

An international genomics study led by scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) at the Singapore Center for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering (SCELSE) and Asia ...

A team from Heidelberg University excavating in Iraq made a spectacular find: In the throne room of the North Palace of King Ashurbanipal in the ancient city of Nineveh, the archaeologists discovered ...

Archaeologists in Hungary uncovered a treasure trove of valuable metal artifacts during excavations at a site known as Somló ...

Marianne Ham Eriksen/The ConversationPregnant women wielding swords and wearing martial helmets, foetuses set to avenge their fathers – and a harsh world where not all newborns were born free or given ...

Konstantine Panegyres/The ConversationIt’s almost impossible to go a day without seeing or hearing about sports.

During the excavations the archaeologists found a trench, 6.6 feet (two meters) deep, that surrounded the fortress (it would ...