A fossil that once lined a mule track in Iraq has revealed the surprising survival of a group of ichthyosaurs, marine reptiles that swam the seas more than 66 million years ago. (Source: LiveScience.com)... [Full Article]
The ancestors of people from across Europe and Asia may have spoken a common language about 15,000 years ago, new research suggests. (Source: LiveScience.com)... [Full Article]
A cavern in Spain may have lured ancient carnivores to their deaths by offering the promise of food and water, new research suggests. (Source: LiveScience.com)... [Full Article]
DAHSHOUR, Egypt (AP) - Egyptian youths protested Monday at a key historic site, demanding that authorities put a stop to looting and construction that threatens one of the nation's oldest pyramids and burial grounds. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
A major global cooling event 34 million years ago chilled land as well as sea, according to climate clues found in an unusual place: fossil snail shells. (Source: LiveScience.com)... [Full Article]
NEW YORK (AP) - Scientists have gained new insights into an extinct South African creature with an intriguing mix of human and apelike traits, and apparently an unusual way of walking. But they still haven't pinned down where it fits on our evol... [Full Article]
BAGHDAD (AP) - A British archaeologist says he and his colleagues have unearthed a huge, rare complex near the ancient city of Ur in southern Iraq, home of the biblical Abraham. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
A family tree unites a diverse group of individuals that all carry genetic vestiges from a single common ancestor at the base of the tree. But this organizational structure falls apart if genetic information is a communal resource as opposed to a fam... [Full Article]