archaeology

This rare fossil find comes from the Kimmeridge Clay Formation in England, a series of sedimentary rocks formed in a shallow, tropical-subtropical sea during the Upper Jurassic

Findings on Neanderthal oral microbiomes offer new clues on evolution, health

A new method that allows the almost non-destructive extraction of genetic material from archaeological human remains

Researchers analyze the remains of a three-year-old child estimated to have been deposited and buried in an excavated pit in Kenya approximately 78,000 years ago

Proteomics techniques are opening up new possibilities for archaeological applications

Scientists find traces of beeswax in prehistoric pottery from the West African Nok culture

Research reveals that the main cause of the current biodiversity crisis is the appropriation, colonization, and intensified use of lands previously managed sustainably

Scientists have pinpointed compounds that help explain Baltic amber's therapeutic effects and that could lead to new treatments for antibiotic-resistant infections

In a new study, researchers state that pollution created by the COVID-19 pandemic presents a crisis that would benefit from "crisis thinking"

The new specimen was recovered from uppermost Cretaceous-aged rocks, some 70 million years old, in Ganzhou City in southern China's Jiangxi Province