A group of early Homo sapiens crossed into Arabia more than 100,000 years ago, long before the migration that shaped modern ...

Fragments of decorated ostrich eggshells. (Texier et al., J. Archaeol. Sci., 2013) Ancient humans were surprisingly creative, ...

Could ancient humans really have built the pyramids without extraterrestrial help? Or do such questions reveal more about modern anxieties than the past itself?

A new study shows how humans moved across the landscapes of ancient Greece, shaped by slope, visibility, and rugged terrain.

Of all the early human ancestor fossils ever found, “Lucy” may be the most famous among examples of Australopithecus, a group of ancient hominins that lived in what is now Africa more than two ...

Denisovans were a type of ancient human that for a long time were known only from their DNA and teeth. But recent fossil findings and analysis is now revealing what these people looked like and that ...

Scientists study physical evidence such as cave art, hand-crafted tools, and skull structures to infer cognitive and speech capabilities ...

For most of human history, straight, well spaced teeth were the norm, not a luxury that required years of metal and elastic bands. Archaeologists routinely lift ancient skulls from the ground and find ...

On September 12, 1940, a dog in France stumbled upon one of the most remarkable archaeological finds of the 20th century. The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or subscribe to ...

New research has revealed that ancient people in southern Arabia dined on an apex predator — sharks. The study, recently published in the journal Antiquity, centers on a tomb in Wadi Nafūn, an ...

For modern residents of the Levant, the "Red Sea Trough" usually brings a brief, dusty transition between seasons. But ...