Some people in Ukraine weathered the harshest moments of the last ice age by creating shelters made partly of mammoth bones and tusks.

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

Meanwhile, in Northern Greece, the Palace of Pella—the birthplace of Alexander the Great— finally opened to the public in ...

Archaeologists in Cyprus uncovered rare fortifications, palace remains, and preserved monuments at ancient Palaepaphos.

Recent fossil finds could mean that "Lucy" wasn't our direct ancestor, some scientists say. Others strongly disagree.

Unlike tourist-packed destinations, there are places so perilous that only a few dare to visit. The dangers come from violent ...

A 1.6-million-year-old Ethiopian skull blends ancestor and descendant features, rewriting the origin story of Homo erectus.

A newly reconstructed fossil face from Ethiopia reveals surprising complexity in early human evolution. By digitally fitting together teeth and fossilized bone fragments, researchers reconstructed a ...

A 1.5-million-year-old skull suggests Homo erectus evolved through a messy transition, with multiple human forms coexisting.

The tropical rainforest of the Congo basin is the world’s second-largest. (The Amazon is slightly bigger, but far better studied.) Via the Congo river, water drains into the Atlantic largely from six ...

Media coverage and travel advisories paint alarming pictures of countries plagued by violence, political instability, and ...

Following his arrival in Amman, Prime Minister Modi was received by Jordanian Prime Minister Jafar Hassan at the airport and accorded a formal welcome. He was later warmly received by King Abdullah II ...