Welcome, then, to the Grand Sumo Tournament - a five-day event at the Royal Albert Hall featuring 40 of the very best sumo ...

Researchers have unearthed near Lake Turkana in northern Kenya fossils of hand and foot bones belonging to an extinct human ...

In the heart of the ancient Roman city of Gabii, located just 11 miles east of Rome, a team of archaeologists led by ...

Lead poisoning isn't just a modern phenomenon: fossil teeth show signs that it affected ancient hominids, and Homo sapiens ...

The couple hadn't known how the artifact made its way to their property in New Orleans. But after their story went viral, a ...

Based on their findings, researchers postulate that Homo sapiens reacted better to lead exposure evolutionarily than ...

In a 1970 National Geographic feature, paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey—son of Louis and Mary Leakey—recounted his ...

Ancient bones, artifacts and texts offer numerous insights into the past, as does the chewing gum that Neolithic people ...

Once they awaken, these microbes continue to break down soil and release carbon dioxide and methane into the atmosphere.

A faint radio "whisper" from ancient hydrogen reveals the universe was heating up long before it filled with starlight.

In a social media post, the Greek culture ministry praised the "sensitivity and courage" of the woman who returned the ...

"Divine Egypt," a new exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, features nearly 250 artifacts representing the rich ...