The genome of a man who lived in Egypt over 4500 years ago offers a new window on the ancient society and hints at ...

Long before the Inka (commonly known as Inca in English) rose to power, a mysterious civilization bloomed on the edge of Lake ...

An ancient society near the southern shores of Lake Titicaca in modern-day Bolivia was once one of the continent's most ...

In a new study published today in Science Advances, my colleagues and I have uncovered the earliest evidence of rice in the ...

Fifteen years after the discovery of a new type of human, the Denisovan, scientists discovered its DNA in a fossilized skull.

Fossils offer a glimpse into Earth's ancient life, revealing the origins and evolution of complex organisms. Discoveries like ...

Why is Mars barren and uninhabitable, while life has always thrived here on our relatively similar planet Earth? A discovery ...

Archaeologists in Stratonikeia, Turkey, uncovered a rare Greco-Roman library, revealing ancient architecture and centuries of ...

The man (not named in reports from the time) sledgehammered his wall and found a tunnel behind it, and beyond that, more ...

Microbes have been discovered alive inside 2-billion-year-old rock, offering a rare window into Earth’s deep past. Found in ...

The 300,000 year-old tools show that hominins in East Asia made planned foraging trips to lakeshores and designed instruments ...

Researchers in London recently announced that a giant “archaeological puzzle” has been solved, revealing artwork that’s been ...