New research shows RNA is preserved for longer than scientists had realized. This is the oldest RNA ever profiled.

Scientists have extracted the oldest RNA molecules out of a woolly mammoth, gaining a snapshot into the processes at work in ...

Archaeologists in central Greece uncovered an elite Archaic-era burial known as the “Lady with the Inverted Crown,” revealing ...

This mammoth‑ivory statuette, carved by Upper Palaeolithic artists of the Aurignacian culture, challenges our ideas of ...

Ukrainian sumo wrestler Danylo Yavhusishyn said Monday that he had surprised even himself by becoming the first from his ...

From ritual parades to blood-soaked duels, explore a single day in the life (and death) of the most brutal entertainment in ...

A 40,000-year-old juvenile woolly mammoth named Yuka is not only remarkable because she was uncovered nearly intact or her ...

Australian folklore warns of the “drop bear,” a legendary and savage version of the koala said to leap from trees onto ...

Researchers at Stockholm University carefully ground up bits of muscle and other tissue from Yuka and nine other woolly ...

On Constitution Day, when the legal document was adopted, it is worth remembering that India’s founding document was not only ...