Deep in our evolutionary past, the constant threat of becoming prey shaped not just how our ancestors survived - but potentially how we make every moral judgment today. That's the argument from moral ...

Trees and their ancestors have been on our planet for more than 350 million years. It seems rather fitting both tree scientists and jewelers treasure their fossilized parts. Amber is fossilized tree ...

A remarkable set of prehistoric rock art sites likely provided hunter-gatherers with an enchanting "multisensory experience" thanks to their special acoustic properties, a study has revealed.

Fossilized dinosaur teeth can reveal a lot more than just how these creatures ate and who they were related to – they can also tell us what the air was like in prehistoric times. As it turns out, ...

Long ago, approximately 2.6 million years ago during the Ice Age, prehistoric animals roamed throughout the U.S., including Louisiana. Prehistoric megafauna like the mastodon, which were large, ...