A major survey in Eretria, Greece, uncovers ancient sites, settlements, and road networks, revealing long-term human activity ...

The identity of a mysterious artifact found in Devon almost 160 years ago has finally been revealed. New research has ...

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When archaeologists opened the tomb of Xin Zhui (Lady Dai) at Mawangdui in Changsha in 1972, they found a body that had been ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Little Foot’s face, however, has long eluded characterization—the fossil’s skull was smashed in after an estimated 3.67 million ...

Scientists have discovered an ancient relative of all living apes in northern Egypt, highlighting how the hunt for human ...

Scientists uncover an unknown human lineage that survived beyond the last ice age, reshaping the story of ancient human ...

NEW YORK — Humans and Neanderthals cozied up from time to time when they lived in the same areas tens of thousands of years ago. But we don’t know much about who got with whom, or why. A new genetic ...

Burned bone fragments found in northern Malawi have revealed the oldest cremation pyre ever found in Africa — and unearthed new mysteries that may be hard to solve. By analyzing the bones and pyre ...

SD: Yeah, and so here’s the twist. For most of human history, people didn’t need braces. AC: Which is wild. SD: So wild. It’s ...