Long before there were maps or names for continents, a handful of people stood at the edge of the world. Picture them on a ...

An analysis of bones from ancient people who once lived in Colombia has discovered DNA that does not directly connect them to ...

Anthropologist Christopher Bae has recently suggested we add two new species of ancient human to our family tree. The plans break the conventions for how species should be named – but Bae argues the r ...

Tombs scattered across China, built between the 4,000-year old Xia Dynasty and the modern era, reflect the political and ...

Some 3,500 years ago, hunter-gatherers began building massive earthwork mounds along the Mississippi River at Poverty Point, ...

Archaeologists don’t always find bones or artifacts. Sometimes, they found something unglamorous that offers a unique type of ...

When archaeologists study how ancient civilizations traveled, they can use evidence like wagons and stables and roads to understand how goods and people moved on land. But when they want to learn ...

In the largest study of its kind, archaeologists have analyzed six "massive prehistoric" trash heaps in the United Kingdom and revealed that ancient people traveled great distances just to eat ...

DNA recovered from 1,000-year-old dried feces indicates that intestinal infections from pinworm or Shingella may have plagued ...

Archaeologists in Turkey discovered over 60 ancient tombs in Colossae, the biblical city mentioned in St. Paul's famous New ...

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Ancient medical practices often leave modern readers in disbelief, as these bygone remedies highlight the stark contrast between historical healthcare and today’s ...