Fossil and gene discoveries paint an ever-more-intertwined history of humans combining with vanished species like Neandertals

Weeks after revelation that megalith came from Scotland, researchers make surprise discovery

Monument’s largest ‘bluestone’ moved more than 450 miles – a discovery researchers say rewrites relationships between Neolithic populations

We uncovered evidence of a rebellion so significant, that events such as Cleopatra’s affairs and the rise of Christianity may not have come to pass without it.

Opinions about fetal personhood and abortion have fluctuated enormously throughout history and differ in surprising ways between cultures.

Leading archaeologist Professor Ian Ralston has rewritten the story of Doon Hill in East Lothian, with his long career set to be honoured

Beeswax, plant oils, animal fats, bitumen, coniferous resins, coumarin, and benzoic acid.

People suspected the Dendra armor was ceremonial, but new tests show its utility.

A Reddit user got the surprise of a lifetime when they noticed a human-like jawbone embedded in the new travertine flooring at their parents' house.

An archaeologist uses climate data and tailoring tools to trace the origins and evolution of Paleolithic clothing in colder climates.

Ancient and fragile papyrus samples are at risk of being damaged by fungi, but a wasabi-based treatment can disinfect them without damage

Digital tools can help us understand ancient cities and the people who lived in them.

Paleontologists in South Africa said they have found the oldest known burial site in the world, containing remains of a small-brained distant relative of humans previously thought incapable of complex behavior.

The enduring idea that men evolved to hunt and women evolved to gather is a relatively baseless assumption that is facing greater academic resistance than ever before.

For a decade, debate has raged over Dark Emu’s account of Aboriginal agriculture. But ancient food production in Australia is more complex than labels like farming or hunter-gathering suggest.

A giant underground pyramid hidden beneath a hillside in Indonesia far outdates Stonehenge or the Giza Pyramids and may come to rival the oldest megalithic structures ever built by human hands.

There’s been a long-standing debate over whether dingoes started out wild or domesticated. One thing is clear – they had a close relationship with First Peoples.

Nebraska college student Luke Farritor used artificial intelligence to find the ancient Greek word for “purple” in the Herculaneum scrolls.

Skeletons found with items that don’t align with their estimated sex are usually excluded from research – but that assumes a 19th century view of gender.

When Italian explorer Christopher Columbus and his Spanish troops returned to Europe from the Americas in the late 15th century, they notoriously brought back the deadly pathogen responsible for syphilis.