Both modern and ancient crane fly eyes contain eumelanin, a light-screening pigment.

Microbial species that are commonly associated with oral diseases in modern humans are unreliable proxies for determining tooth health status in ancient samples, a new study finds.

A bird leg with one super-long toe is something paleontologists say they’ve never seen before.

The answer has broad implications for paleontology research—and maybe for museum collections, too.

Head wounds in the fossilized skull of a Paleolithic man suggest foul play.

A study fails to detect ancient proteins among the microbes, adding to the debate about whether peptides can survive tens of millions of years underground.

From an excavation of a site called Çatalhöyük, in modern-day Turkey, scientists recover preserved whipworm eggs—a sign of settling down and living in close quarters.

A brazier and charred stones, thought to be part of burial ceremonies, preserve signs that people used the drug thousands of years ago.

Sequences from dozens of ancient remains from Siberia reveal the closest ancient relative of Native Americans found outside of North America.