The finding may allow archaeologists to determine whether a woman was pregnant or had recently given birth at the time of her ...

The genetic link between bones discovered thousands of miles away from each other suggests a prehistoric migration route.

Some of the recent advances in the quest to catch a whiff of history are featured in the new book Scents of Arabia: ...

Researchers have retrieved six‑million‑year‑old air from East Antarctica, revealing insights into Earth’s ancient climate and ...

New research shows that the rise of Sumer was deeply tied to the tidal and sedimentary dynamics of ancient Mesopotamia. Early ...

Scientists at Tel Aviv University have developed a new way to investigate dark matter by studying faint radio waves from the ...

We now have only the second high-quality genome from an ancient Denisovan human, which reveals there were more populations of ...

Plague, leprosy, smallpox and other diseases didn't jump from animals to humans when we thought. Ancient DNA is revealing ...

The 1-inch pottery fragment, which is part of a seal that was used to authenticate official documents, was reportedly found ...

Archaeologists recently uncovered an ancient wine production center near a castle in Turkey — and it’s believed to date back ...

The ancient Romans were masters of building and engineering, perhaps most famously represented by the aqueducts. Those ...

Long before there were maps or names for continents, a handful of people stood at the edge of the world. Picture them on a ...