Images capture the remarkable variety of petroglyphs etched into rock across a wide swathe of land, from Mongolia to the ...

Early human ancestors called the LRJ Group lived in Europe for 80 generations, intermingling with Neanderthals, before ...

Researchers have discovered fossil human footprints embedded in an ancient lakebed that show humans inhabited North America during the Last Glacial Maximum, in what is now New Mexico. Credit: National ...

Marcel Ravidat, an 18-year-old student, was exploring the woods in Montignac in Dordogne, southern France, when his dog named ...

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.

An LSU student is using her video game design and preservation expertise to bring modern access to an ancient canoe.

Excavations at Bagno Grande suggest an Etruscan medical school, revealing evidence of ancient healing practices.

Did you know that during medieval times, people presumed washing hair to be an unhealthy practice and rarely preferred it?

CAIRO (AP) — A boat belonging to an Egyptian pharaoh was put on display Tuesday in the Grand Egyptian Museum’s exhibition hall while being reassembled in real time. The cedarwood boat, one of two that ...

The Ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle is one of the greatest thinkers in history, and his conception of happiness remains relevant today.

Are there pyramids in Antarctica? A photo appears to show the peak of a pyramid sticking out of the snow in the unforgiving ...

From Nordic lullabies to Grimm’s fairytales, the wolf has always haunted the edges of human history. Even today, wolves would represent a serious danger to nomads and herders, who ironically often ...