A 1.9 million-year-old discovery in Jordan reveals new insights into early human migration.

The people who lived on this plateau for more than 700 years did not leave behind ruins that feel distant or decorative. They left a presence. Every wall, alcove, and doorway carries the weight of ...

A 10,000-year-old Turkey settlement discovered at Şika Rika 5 is reshaping what researchers know about early human ...

Archaeologists in Russia have uncovered the remains of a roughly 6,000-year-old board game that could represent an ancestor of chess.

Mushrooms have been used by ancient humans for millennia, but archaeologists have only just uncovered their pivotal role in ...

The evidence shows that the ‘Ubeidiya site is at least one million nine hundred thousand years old. This finding represents a ...

For Maryland residents, Jefferson Patterson Park represents an incredible resource that’s been hiding in plain sight, waiting to be discovered. It’s the kind of place that makes you proud to live in a ...

A growing number of ancient Egyptian stone vases are being digitally scanned and analyzed with modern engineering tools. The ...

Notably, a painting discovered in the Dundebrak Cave in Altay city, dating back around 12,000 years, features a group of ...

In the collections of the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of Cambridge is a small copper-alloy tool from a cemetery at Badari in Upper Egypt. It is just 63 millimeters long ...

An ancient elephant bone hammer from southern England reveals that early humans used rare materials to precisely sharpen stone tools, highlighting unexpected technological sophistication 500,000 years ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — An ancient quarry site in Newton County offers evidence that humans removed chert for stone tools, spear points and arrow points from bedrock centuries earlier than archaeologists ...