The transition to agriculture and a sedentary lifestyle is one of the great turning points in human history. Yet how this ...

Marzulli reviewed early 20th-century newspaper clippings and excavation reports that document alleged discoveries of massive ...

In 2010, scientists found the first evidence of another hominin subspecies, known as the Danisovans. Now, they’ve identified ...

Art and literature hint at past people’s psyches. Now computers can identify patterns in those cognitive fossils, but human expertise remains crucial.

The finished dugout canoe before departure, with leaf wave guards at the bow (right) and stern (left). Vertical sticks at bow ...

A Revolutionary War-era boat is being reconstructed more than two centuries after being buried deep beneath Manhattan’s expanding shoreline. The New York State Museum in Albany will become ...

In prehistoric communities across what is now northeastern Europe, decorative ornaments with animal teeth were a regular ...

In 2020, archaeologists in Ireland first announced a startling find at Newgrange, a giant Neolithic burial chamber 30 miles ...

It will be impossible to put an exact date on the first person with eyes. Nevertheless, it would be a reasonable guess that ...

A MUMMIFIED creature with human-like hands was found, leaving scientists gobsmacked as they find out what it is. The creature ...

There is an incredible amount of scientific effort put toward understanding the past and bringing some of it back to life. Everyone agrees it’s nice to have some old structures around—like the ...

The creepy animal was found in a US university building during renovations in 2018 and has been named after mythical ...