Mesopotamian scribes wrote about feeling anger in their feet and love in their liver. Learn about the similarities and ...

A new study suggests the ergonomics of an Egyptian scribe’s working life may be revealed in their bones. Statues from Abusir, Egypt depict the scribe Nefer and his wife. New research suggests that ...

Giant snakes and human figures are two of the motifs found in colossal rock engravings believed to be ancient territorial markers in what’s now South America.

More than half a billion years ago on a frigid, ice-covered Earth, glaciers stirred up ingredients for complex life by bulldozing land minerals and then depositing them in the ocean, according to a ...

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Massive volcanic events in Earth’s history that released large amounts of carbon into the atmosphere frequently correlate with periods of severe environmental change and mass ...

Scientists have unlocked new ways to study ancient marine life. Researchers at the University of Southampton have developed a fossil analysis technique that reveals how prehistoric plankton ...