Mesopotamians, the ancient inhabitants of the land between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, are credited for many firsts in ...

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

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 ...

New research shows that the rise of Sumer was deeply tied to the tidal and sedimentary dynamics of ancient Mesopotamia. Early ...

In an excerpt from his new book Dinner with King Tut, Sam Kean explores a weird and wild '90s experiment to replicate ancient ...

The origins and migrations of modern humans around the world are a hot topic of debate. Genetic analyses have pointed to ...

Hermits used simple yet effective methods to store fruit for winter, including clay containers. Discover how ancient techniques ensured a steady food supply in harsh conditions. Trump’s push to ...

In a study published in the International Journal of Paleopathology, Dr. Victoria Romano and her colleagues analyzed the bones of 189 hunter-gatherers who lived during the Late Holocene (~4000 to 250 ...

Stories of ancient Roman artifacts and ruins being dug up in back gardens or disrupting construction projects are common. It seems that a British pensioner can hardly dig a new plot for potatoes, nor ...

The Great Pyramid of Giza, Stonehenge, Baalbek, Nan Madol—civilizations separated by oceans all built with stones so massive modern cranes would struggle to lift them. Could they have used sound to ...

Scientists dug into paleofeces for a new study, learning some very intimate details about how long-ago people lived.

Researchers say Easter Island's 4-ton moai "walked" across the island -- thanks to physics, ropes and a little ancient choreography -- no magic necessary. Binghamton University Turns out, the heads of ...