For most of human history, large societies have drawn clear lines between people who belong to the in-group and those who do ...

Over a century ago, anthropologist Raymond Dart chipped an ancient skull out of some rock from an ancient quarry — and revealed the face of an ancient human relative.

From Kurzgesagt, an hour-long animated music video that shows all of human history in an hour. So here’s an experiment: e ...

Discoveries ranging from the oldest known example of human mummification to first deliberate use of fire by people were made ...

Researchers at a dig site in Spain discovered tools from some of the first farmers, possibly dating back 7,000 years. The artifacts uncovered during the excavation are from the Neolithic period, one ...

An innovative technique used in a study of Neanderthal hearths—places where fires were created—has been described by researchers as a "major" development in archaeology, one that could help shed light ...

To most people, complex technologies separate modern humans from their ancestors who lived in the Stone Age thousands or hundreds of thousands of years ago. In today’s fast-changing world, older ...

Seven Rivers is story of the Nile, Danube, Niger, Mississippi, Ganges, Yangtze and the Thames. It is a story of imperial frontiers, alluvial gold, kidnappings, slavery, anticolonialism and creation ...

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