Scientists have discovered a meteorite older than Earth, offering the earliest clues to how the Solar System formed and how ...

Fossilized remnants of ancient carbon from the heart of South Africa's Mpumalanga province have just yielded the earliest ...

South African rocks dating back 3.3 billion years have revealed chemical evidence of ancient organisms, giving scientists a ...

Some of Earth's oldest rocks buried deep in Western Australia may hold new clues about the dramatic event that gave rise to our moon.

Researchers use machine learning to find chemical proof of life on a 3.3 billion-year-old rock formation in South Africa.

Scientists in Argentina discovered the oldest known long-necked dinosaur, Huayracursor jaguensis, revealing a much earlier ...

The ability to make art has often been considered a hallmark of our species. Over a century ago, prehistorians even had ...

Imagine you're in southeast Cape York Peninsula, heading north from the tiny town of Laura—population 133. You're in a dusty ...

The oldest known cave painting on Earth is not a charging bison in Europe but a reddish pig on a limestone wall in Indonesia, ...

Experts at the National Library of Norway believe the liturgical songbook was made by a local artisan around A.D. 1200.

Researchers say the discovery is rare. Organic materials like string, often made from plant and animal products, typically do ...

Located in Westlake, the Silver Platter bar has been serving L.A.’s LGBTQ+ Latinx community since 1963. Owners and patrons ...