The bones of dogs, pigs, and humans are shedding light on the rise of civilization in China. These remains contain a signature of the plants that all three species ate at the time and suggest that the ancient Chinese may have farmed millet before rice, new research shows.

The millet group of plants, like rice and [...]

In a macabre discovery fit for Indiana Jones, archaeologists in Spain unearthed a 14th century brick oven with a unique role — to bake bones. Scientists report that the animal bones were burnt in the oven and mixed with other materials to produce a protective coating to strengthen the grand medieval walls of what is [...]

Marine archaeologists have found the remains of a slave ship wrecked off the Turks and Caicos Islands in 1841, an accident that set free the ancestors of many current residents of those islands. Some 192 Africans survived the sinking of the Spanish ship Trouvadore off the British-ruled islands, where the slave trade was banned.

Over the [...]

It seems that tiny pieces of the puzzle that represents evolution are gathered each day. And evolution is not as simple as presented in the game “Spore.”
We all know that sea animals existed first, and then they grew legs and evolved to survive on land.  How was this step in evolution made?
Scientists used a fossil [...]

Scientists know that Earth’s magnetic field has reversed direction hundreds of times before, but so far they do not know why.  A recent study on ancient lava flows may give us a better understanding of what happens and why.
First of all, what is the Earth’s magnetic field?
Earth’s magnetic field (and the surface magnetic field) is approximately [...]