Long before the first sparks of civilization — or even humanity as we know it — our ancestors were already inventors. On the ...

For decades, the fossils found in the Pilbara region of Western Australia were the subject of heated debate. Were they truly ...

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

A new study shows ancient Egyptians made bronze stronger with speiss, changing what experts knew about early metalworking ...

Researchers uncovered a 2.75–2.44 million-year-old site in Kenya showing that early humans maintained stone tool traditions for nearly 300,000 years despite extreme climate swings. The tools, ...

The groundbreaking discovery points to the possibility of past life on Mars. A 3.5-billion-year old rock discovered on the Red Planet is "the closest we've come to discovering ancient life on Mars," ...

Archaeologists in the Middle East have unearthed a stunning 5,500 year old piece of evidence that changes what we know about ...