Early hominins succeeded by being generalists with basic, versatile tools.

An inscription found at the site—dedicated to the Greek goddess of love and beauty—states, "This is the sacred area"

Officials plan to host concerts and theater productions on the new, retractable platform

Squatters reportedly belonging to one family claim site of 5,000 year-old ruins was given to them in the 1970s

Archaeologists in Pompeii, the city buried in a volcanic eruption in 79 AD, have made the extraordinary find of a frescoed hot food and drinks shop that served up the ancient equivalent of street food to Roman passersby.

Archaeology is the closest thing we have to a time machine. Instead of using flux capacitors, however, archaeologists rely on technology like ground-penetrating radar, scanning electron microscopes, DNA sequencing, and of course, the good-old-fashioned shovel.

A Brazilian dinosaur with stiffened pairs of ribbonlike feathers emerging from the shoulders is unlike any found before.

Archaeologists have unearthed evidence at a place believed to be the historical Jesus of Nazareth’s birthplace. Researcher Ken Dark, a professor at the University of Reading, has a new book about more than a century of archaeological digs at the Nazareth Convent site in the north of modern-day Israel.

Tens of thousands of ice age paintings across a cliff face shed light on people and animals from 12,500 years ago

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A bust of the ancient god Hermes, in good condition, was discovered in central Athens during sewage work, authorities said Sunday.

"Paranthropus robustus" evolved sturdier skulls to be able to eat new, tough vegetation

Early humans called Denisovans lived in a remote mountain cave between 100,000 and 60,000 years ago, and possibly longer still, raising intriguing questions about their relationship to modern humans.

Ancient artists all over the world created images featuring negative silhouettes by spraying paint against an object or stencil held against a rock face. But miniature stenciled figures, those measuring less than five inches, are exceptionally rare in ancient artwork.

Around 600,000 years ago, humanity split in two. One group stayed in Africa, evolving into us. The other struck out overland, into Asia, then Europe, becoming Homo neanderthalensis – the Neanderthals. They weren't our ancestors, but a sister species

Archeologists have discovered away from an old surgery, called trepanation which included penetrating little openings in the skull. Archeologists have uncovered the skull of a 5,000-year-elderly person in Crimea who went through the antiquated cerebrum medical procedure during the Bronze Age.

The city of Tikal purified one of its reservoirs with technology comparable to modern systems

Two finds recently unearthed the frozen remains of an adult cave bear and a cub.

Fossilized footprints reveal the interactions of people and animals over 10,000 years ago in White Sands National Park.

The 37m feline figure, said to have been created some 2,000 years ago, escaped notice for centuries.

The ancient paintings depict close relationships between humans and animals