6+ day, 6+ hour ago   (649+ words) Africa’s giant herbivores did not simply vanish in a wave of extinctions. Their evolutionary family tree was slowly running out of new branches. A new study suggests that the long decline of animals such as elephants, hippopotamuses, and their extinct…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (854+ words) Bone remains and a mummified dog suggest that dogs lived alongside humans. Long before the Inca rose to power, distinctive hairless dogs were already living alongside people on Peru’s northern coast. These medium-sized Indigenous dogs with pointed ears appear frequently…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (566+ words) Growing evidence that early human relatives do not fit neatly into traditional categories is prompting a proposal to expand the genus Homo. The human family tree is becoming harder to fit into the categories scientists have used for decades. Research…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (736+ words) How quickly sediment accumulates on the seafloor appears to be the key factor determining whether fossils from different time periods become mixed together. A single layer of marine fossils can look like a snapshot of one ancient community even when…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (553+ words) Fierce naval battles in the North Sea during both world wars sent many ships to the seafloor. Their wrecks remain there today, leaking toxic chemicals that are absorbed by local plants and animals....

2+ week, 5+ hour ago   (557+ words) Microlithic projectile points from Uzbekistan may link Central Asia to a revised story of Homo sapiens’ early expansion into Europe. Researchers have identified tiny triangular projectile points at the Obi Rakhmat site in Uzbekistan by studying the marks left when…...

2+ week, 6+ hour ago   (259+ words) Researchers found that brands existed long before modern capitalism. Long before modern corporations and capitalism, craftspeople may already have been producing goods with a recognizable identity that traveled far beyond their place of origin. An international team led by Marta…...