About 5,000 years ago, people living in what is now Iran began extracting copper from rock by processing ore, an activity ...

Scientists have detected signatures in ancient rocks that push back the timeframe for the discovery of early life by billions of years.

By John Dudley, University Communications and MarketingA century after it first baffled explorers and inspired speculation ...

Scientists have detected some of the oldest signs of life on Earth using a new method that recognizes chemical fingerprints ...

A simple turn of the wrist at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in February 2023 has unveiled a centuries-old mystery about ancient Roman craftsmen. Washington State University art history professor ...

Interest in Martian life had been spurred by a now infamous announcement from the White House lawn in 1996, when President ...

An international team of scientists have uncovered new evidence of ancient wildfires that reshapes our understanding of Earth’s ancient history.

A new study has shed new light on ancient seafarers and their advanced maritime technology, challenging previous beliefs on ...

Evidence from key archaeological sites suggests a major cosmic explosion may have reshaped the climate and ecosystems of the late Pleistocene. Scientists are expanding the evidence supporting the idea ...

Using this method, researchers were able to push the ability to find molecular traces in much older rocks. The state of the ...

A new study uncovered fresh chemical evidence of life in rocks more than 3.3 billion years old, along with molecular traces showing that oxygen-producing photosynthesis emerged nearly a billion years ...