Ancient DNA from an Egyptian genome has been sequenced for the first time, revealing genetic links to the Fertile Crescent.

Small intact gold coin discovered in the City of David; dates from the late Roman period and reveals the great craftsmanship ...

The first life emerged about four billion years ago, when the planet was still new. Back then, the cutting edge of earthly ...

New research reveals fungi, not plants, were Earth's first land colonizers, emerging hundreds of millions of years earlier.

Scientists have discovered prehistoric insects preserved in amber for the first time in South America, providing a fresh ...

Between 800,000 and 430,000 years ago, Earth went through a series of fairly gentle warm-ups that scientists are now calling ...

The findings show that the common ancestor of the extant fungi was about 1.4 to 900 million years ago. That is far earlier ...

MIT geochemists offer compelling evidence that ancient sea sponges were Earth's first animals, emerging over 541 million ...

A new model uncovers how Earth’s liquid core has sustained its magnetic field since the planet’s beginnings, offering new insights into its future. Earth benefits from the presence of a magnetic field ...

Chemical fossils from 635-million-year-old rocks suggest sponges were among Earth’s first animals, reshaping the story of early life.

A team of scientists digging up some of the Earth’s oldest rocks has uncovered new chemical evidence that Earth’s first ...

Scientists have successfully recreated a poignant sound of a past event, where Earth’s magnetic field dramatically flipped ...