Archaeology

Researchers used CT scans to make 3-D reconstructions of the fossilized nervous system

Climate models indicate that 100,000 years ago, stormwater would have formed three large rivers running north through the Sahara. Christopher Intagliata reports.

A clue to an impact in Quebec fuels an ongoing debate about the cause of one of Earth's big freezes, called the Younger Dryas

The metal in a set of 5000-year-old Egyptian beads came from an iron meteorite. Sophie Bushwick reports.

Prehistoric pots provide evidence that Europeans were spicing their food some 6,000 years ago. Cynthia Graber reports.

A researcher describes how his mathematical model based on heat diffusion reveals the critical role played by large animals in dispersing nutrients

Studies disagree on whether Jurassic haramiyids were true mammals

Climate change is occurring 10 to 100 times faster than in the past and ecosystems will find it hard to adjust

Sir Ian Wilmut proposes an alternative method as a possible means of creating a mammoth--or a hybrid. Such research could lead to major biological discoveries and advances

When a single genetic mutation first let ancient Europeans drink milk, it set the stage for a continental upheaval

New research shows freshwater organisms fared better than others after the most recent extinction event

The aromatic plants, placed in a burial pit dating to nearly 14,000 years ago, sheds light on some of the rituals used by one of the earliest human cultures living in fixed settlements