Deaths of nearby massive stars may have played a significant role in triggering at least two mass extinction events in ...

Associate Professor Martin Danisík explains that ancient atmospheric and oceanic changes played a crucial role in ...

The scholar Piotr Bienkowski studied archaeology at Liverpool University (BA and PhD) before he got involved in Jordanian ...

A University of Vienna study suggests that the solar system's movement through the galaxy affected Earth's climate millions ...

Some of these skulls have been recovered with signs of nailing and in some cases with an iron nail still in place. Isotope analysis of the Puig Castellar and Ullastret sites points to different ...

A recent study of data from multiple missions shows the Red Planet may get its name from an iron mineral that formed when ...

Research led by Jilin University, China, is providing bioarchaeological evidence on a mass grave at the Bayanbulag site in ...

Our ancient ancestors have done some interesting things to human bones over the years, but one example from the Iron Age ...

This is the conclusion of an international team of researchers who used isotope analysis to determine whether the Iron Age skulls were of locals (and therefore being venerated in death ...

"It's insane that something is from space can have that kind of an impact on our electronics. So we're thinking, okay, how ...

One of the most intense cosmic events in the universe, supernovae may impact evolution on Earth more than we realized.

The smoking gun is an isotope of iron called iron-60, which has been found in large amounts on the seafloor. Being radioactive, any of this stuff that formed with Earth would have broken down long ...