Long ago, some saltwater fish adapted to freshwater — and in doing so, developed an extraordinary sense of hearing rivaling ...

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

The digital tool, called Itiner-e, allows people to virtually see a map of how the ancient Roman roads were once traveled in ...

Cliff-rappelling scientists uncovered a crossbow bolt, part of a slingshot and 25 shoes in ancient vulture nesting sites ...

A new study led by researchers at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory offers the clearest evidence yet that a centuries-long ...

An area called the central Southern Cone in South America, which consists of a large part of Argentina, is known to be one of the last global regions to become inhabited by humans.

A new study maps 40,000 years of Denisovan and human interbreeding, showing how ancient DNA spread, faded, and shaped ...

Deep in South Africa, a ring of ancient stones stands shrouded in mystery. Some claim it’s over 200,000 years old - the work ...

Ancient Greece’s sculptures are a cornerstone of world art, studied for their lasting influence on culture and artistic ...

Recent archaeological discoveries across the Americas are reshaping our understanding of ancient history. At the forefront is ...

Researchers uncovered a 2.75–2.44 million-year-old site in Kenya showing that early humans maintained stone tool traditions ...

The Falls of the Ohio, an area important to Louisville's history, was preserved in the 1990s with the opening of a state park ...