Scientists have identified the oldest known cheese from the remains of Bronze Age mummies in China's Tarim Basin, dating back to around 2,000 BC....

The cheese was dug up with mummified human remains in the Xinjiang region of China and offers insights into the origins of the dairy product known as...

Researchers from the University of Cape Town (UCT) and the Max Planck Institute have decoded the oldest human DNA ever found in South Africa by...

Researchers from the University of Cape Town (UCT) and the Max Planck Institute have decoded the oldest human DNA ever found in South Africa by...

Ancient frescoes like that of the Greek monkeys on Santorini suggest Europe and south Asia had trade links as long as 3,600 years ago.  By Tracie...

South African scientists from the University of Cape Town have succeeded in deciphering the DNA of the oldest known people living in the south of the...

Scientists have mapped the genome of the Greenland shark, which could offer clues to the animal’s extreme longevity.

The world's oldest Sunday newspaper, The Observer, could be sold to a start-up media group, its owner of more than 30 years announced.

The world's oldest Sunday newspaper, The Observer, could be sold to a start-up media group, its owner of more than 30 years announced.

Scientists at NASA have made an exceptional exploration by recreating the uncommon spider-like features referred to as araneiform terrain discovered...