Two new species of two-legged carnivores were recently unveiled: one that hunted like a shark and another that may have eaten like a hyena, researchers say.
The two-legged meat-eaters, discovered recently in the Sahara, had teeth and feasting techniques similar to those of modern-day predators, a new study says.
Before the pharaohs, a Stone Age people cultivated pigs, sheep, wheat, and barley in the village—Egypt's earliest known agricultural settlement—a new study says.
The tiny winged reptile, which lived about 120 million years ago, was likely a tree-dweller and could provide clues to the evolution of more massive pterosaurs, a new study says.
After burning tires and blocking roads last week around the ancient Inca capital of Cusco, residents promised further unrest if more private hotels are allowed.
A 2,000-year-old mine has been found in Peruvian mountains, offering proof that an ancient Andean people mined hematite long before the Inca Empire, archaeologists say.
Head lice picked from thousand-year-old Peruvian mummies suggest the pesky parasites accompanied modern humans on their first migration out of Africa, a new study says.
New fossils help explain why there are two very similar—but very distant—populations of crayfish on Earth, one in the Southern Hemisphere, the other in the north.
A hundred years older than the first known European oil paintings, the newfound Afghan artworks were discovered where the Taliban destroyed giant Buddhas.
