Melbourne, Jan 22 (The Conversation) When we think of the world’s oldest art, Europe usually comes to mind, with famous cave paintings in France and Spain often seen as evidence this was the ...

A hand stencil left on an Indonesian cave wall at least 67,800 years ago may reveal how and when ancient humans reached a lost continent known as Sahul that once linked Australia with southeast Asia.

A burial site discovered near Lake Onega, located in the northwest Russian republic of Karelia, is reshaping understandings ...

Our planet is unique for its ability to sustain abundant life. From studies of the rock record, scientists believe life had already emerged on Earth at least 3.5 billion years ago and probably much ...

"Until now, it was unknown what type of star would remain after the merger." ...

A 66 million-year-old mystery behind how our planet transformed from a tropical greenhouse to the ice-capped world of today has been unraveled by scientists. Their new study has revealed that Earth's ...

In northern Europe, the most vulnerable periods of prehistory are not to be discovered in the earth but beneath the water. Off the coast of Aarhus, Denmark’s second-largest city, a Mesolithic ...