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

Learn how the fossils of ancient organisms help scientists navigate deep time — and uncover Earth’s hidden history.

Chumash Painted Cave State Historic Park sits quietly in the Santa Ynez Mountains, patiently waiting for curious travelers to discover its ancient secrets. This isn’t the kind of attraction with tour ...

Quarantine is a word that has become all too familiar in recent years, but its origins are centuries old. Stemming from the ...

Made up of the islands of Malta, Gozo, and Comino, the archipelago boasts a remarkable collection of historical sites and a ...

The site sits within sediments that record major environmental upheaval in East Africa during the late Pliocene. Around 3.44 ...

Learn how early hominins crafted the same sharp-edged Oldowan tools through 300,000 years of climate change, revealing one of ...

Although the Greeks and Romans linked environmental harm with climate change to a more limited extent than we do today, they ...

Ancient Greece’s sculptures are a cornerstone of world art, studied for their lasting influence on culture and artistic ...

Tools recovered from three sedimentary layers in Kenya show continuous tool use spanning from 2.75 to 2.44 million years ago in the face of environmental changes.

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, ...

Modern humans inherited part of their ancestry from multiple, genetically distinct Denisovan groups through interbreeding ...