In 1882, the British Museum acquired the oldest known map of the world, which was carved into a clay tablet from Babylon and ...

Scientists say they have recovered the oldest known Homo sapiens DNA from ... better when humans left Africa and migrated around the world. It suggested that the main wave of migration out of ...

Dan Rapp/USFWS/AP The world's oldest known wild bird may soon be a mom again! The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) posted on X (formerly known as Twitter) on Tuesday, Dec. 3, that Wisdom ...

RESEARCHERS have found the world's oldest beer that they say was likely used for ancient boozy parties and ritualistic purposes 10,000 years ago. The discovery of rice beer fermentation in China ...

Louise Jean Signore, the second oldest person in New York at 112 years old, follows the Mediterranean diet, which is high in whole foods such as fruit, vegetables, beans, and olive oil.

This summer’s paper dated the presence of H. floresiensis back to 700,000 years ago. The team estimated that the ...

"It's exciting to see A23a on the move again after periods of being stuck," oceanographer Andrew Meijers said.

A Ukrainian official said Kyiv was responsible for the assassination in Moscow of Gen. Igor Kirillov, the chief of Russia’s radioactive, chemical and biological defense forces. By Anton ...

The world's largest and oldest iceberg has finally broken free after being grounded for more than three decades, scientists have confirmed. A23a - a colossal ice mass weighing nearly a trillion tonnes ...

Lord & Taylor, America's oldest department store chain, is making a comeback with an old logo, new owners and a new vision. The iconic company, established in 1826 and with a long history in ...