Archaeologists in the Carolinas have found direct evidence of Ice Age hunters killing megafauna. Using advanced protein ...
Scientists have uncovered the oldest known hand-held wooden tools ever used by humans — and they’re an astonishing 430,000 ...
The vessel was uncovered in a tomb from the Warring States period, dated to 475-221 BC.
Traces of red material crusted on ancient surgical tools may not be a record of pain, but rather the absence thereof. Metal ...
In Norway’s highest mountains, experts are scouring perilous terrain for pieces of the past, long stored in mint condition in ...
Humans and our ancestors have been creating tools, art, and everyday objects for millions of years, and each unexpected ...
A new study of two 600-year-old surgical tools from a Ming Dynasty tomb in eastern China has identified probable residues of ...
More than 1,000 years ago, Panama elites were buried together with translucent green stones long suspected to be emeralds.
A groundbreaking archaeological discovery in West Africa is challenging long-held assumptions about early human adaptability and migration. Evidence from a site in Côte d'Ivoire reveals that Homo ...
A set of burned human bones unearthed in Ethiopia’s Afar Rift may hold the oldest known evidence of cremation, pushing a ...
Archaeologists in Saudi Arabia have uncovered a stunning collection of 100 gold jewelry pieces dating back over 1,100 years to the Abbasid era. Discovered at the ancient site of Dariyah in the ...
A remarkable collection of ancient stone tools proves that human creativity can thrive in challenging times. The complexity of the stone tools found amidst the bones of butchered animals in central ...