Ancient skeletons reveal viruses embedded in human DNA Scientists have found ancient herpesviruses hidden in human DNA, proving these infections have been evolving with us since the Iron Age. Date: ...

Ancient animal skulls unearthed in a Caribbean cave have revealed a surprising chapter in bee history. For the first time, ...

New fossil research shows how human impacts, particularly through the rise of agriculture and livestock, have disrupted natural mammal communities as profoundly as the Ice Age extinctions. Fossil ...

A cutting-edge analysis of the teeth from Homo naledi skeletons in a South African cave system found no males within the ...