The symbols, discovered on 40,000-year-old artifacts in caves in southwest Germany, may have been a precursor to the first written language ...

Pinpointing when early land plants colonized terrestrial environments and began influencing Earth's systems is a core ...

Earth’s magnetic shield is shifting in dramatic ways. New data from ESA’s Swarm satellites show that the South Atlantic Anomaly — a vast weak spot in Earth’s magnetic field — has grown by nearly half ...

Clues scattered across Giza's three iconic pyramids have suggested that the shocking truth is that they may not have been built by the ancient Egyptians.

The squeaky sneaker insights could help scientists better understand friction, potentially saving energy — or helping them ...

Sculptures and tools from the Stone Age show markings that could be an early precursor to written language, according to a new analysis.

Scientists in Brazil have uncovered evidence of a previously unknown impact event recorded in hundreds of glassy fragments scattered across the country.

A "gravity hole" beneath Antarctica is offering scientists a rare glimpse into Earth's deep interior, a dynamic record of slow-moving processes that have been reshaping our planet for tens of millions ...

More than 40,000 years ago, Ice Age humans were carving repeated patterns of dots, lines, and crosses into tools and small ivory figurines. A new computational study of more than 3,000 of these ...

Statistical analysis reveals ancient bone carvings hold complex information rivaling early Mesopotamian scripts.

As the world clamors for Greenland’s rare earth minerals and energy potential, will its people be able to choose their own path?

The ancient cave peoples weren’t as illiterate as portrayed in popular media. Archaeologists have discovered Paleolithic ...