New evidence suggests that alcohol was a surprisingly big motivator in our monumental transition from hunting and gathering ...

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

From Nordic lullabies to Grimm’s fairytales, the wolf has always haunted the edges of human history. Even today, wolves would ...

Giant “dragon stones” found across the Armenian highlands were shaped and installed by an ancient “ water cult ”, ...

Scientists group these dragon stones into three main types: fish-shaped, hide shaped, and hybrid. Fish-shaped stones tend to appear at higher spots near mountain springs, while hide-shaped stones ...

The Colorado River is on the verge of crisis. No one has a solution. Archaeologists thought they found wires buried on a farm ...

Ancient genetic data from central Argentina reveal a previously unknown human population that endured there for millennia ...

A new study shows that Etruscan cities grew through shifting land use, farming, and settlement patterns in ancient Italy.

The rare artifacts reveal secrets of early Neolithic farming and daily life. New evidence uncovered at a dig site in Huesca, ...

Cereal grains form the nutritional foundation for billions of people worldwide. Together, wheat, maize and rice account for around 45% of all calories consumed. These grains are also indispensable as ...

Learn how ancient pottery covered in flowers may be humanity’s first attempts at mathematical thinking.

Archaeological research once again dispells the widespread belief that our Paleolithic ancestors were primarily meat-eaters, revealing instead that they were sophisticated plant food processors who ...