The team noted that some remains belong to people who had done very little physical activity during their lifetimes while ...

Estonia will serve as Guest of Honor at the 2025 Bologna Children’s Book Fair, marking the Baltic nation’s first time in this ...

Scientists in China found a prehistoric "megapredator" so big that it had a 12-foot reptile preserved in its stomach.

This illustration drawn by Maurilio Oliveira shows a restored image of the Darwinopterus camposi sp. nov. (Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and ...

Brooklyn College/CUNY Graduate Center Associate Professor of Anthropology Stephen Chester and a team of researchers have ...

KHAO SAM ROI YOT NATIONAL PARK, THAILAND—Thai PBS World reports that Thailand’s Fine Arts Department announced an extraordinary discovery—the oldest human skeleton ever found in the country.

Kimberley Bos, of The Netherlands, is embraced after her run during fourth run at the skeleton world championships, Friday, March 7, 2025, in Lake Placid, N.Y. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson ...

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. — Matt Weston finished 15th in men's skeleton at the 2022 Beijing Olympics, something he considered wildly disappointing. He's been the best in the world ever since.

Researchers used a novel method of radiocarbon dating to figure out the age of the Lapedo child, who had both Neanderthal and ...

A new book highlights the beautiful work of Jay Matternes, an accomplished artist who drew everything from mammoths to early ...

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