Scientists have shed new light on the rhino family tree after recovering a protein sequence from a fossilized tooth from more ...

Researchers have described proteins that they say are among the most ancient ever sequenced. Two teams, which analysed ...

An ancient human site in Germany features animal bones that were smashed into small pieces and heated to extract fat 125,000 ...

Proteins degrade over time, making their history hard to study. But new research has uncovered ancient proteins in the enamel ...

I imagine that some people think the story isn’t true', said John, after the incredible discovery in one of Cornwall's most ...

Researchers studied chemicals found in the animals’ bones, teeth and tissues, as well as genetic material from their stomach contents ...

From DNA sequencing to fingerprint analysis, forensic scientists are using groundbreaking new tools to stop animal ...

“Ancient DNA has produced a revolution in our understanding of recent human origins,” said Daniel Green, field program ...

A pair of canines found in Siberian permafrost were wolf sisters that died shortly after eating. A pair of 14,000-year-old ...

The “Tumat Puppies” also had traces of their last meal still in their stomachs, which included meat from a woolly rhinoceros ...