Did prehistoric humans know that smoking meat could preserve it and extend its shelf life? Researchers from the Alkow ...

Four perfectly shaped arrowheads in the grave are believed to have been added at the time of burial ... Paolo Verzone was right at home in a Stone Age graveyard in the Sahara.

The Oldowan stones are believed to be the oldest known examples of stone tool industry in the world. Their development around ...

Analysis of early human bone fossils reveals adaptations for climbing trees and manipulating stones millions of years ago.

The Dead Sea Scrolls are among the most remarkable and revolutionary archeological discoveries ever made. Researchers ...

In 1984, an amateur paleontologist in Scotland found a remarkable specimen: a nearly complete fossil of what looked to be a ...

A new study argues that ancient rattles unearthed in Syria aren’t musical instruments, but toys used to entertain infants.

A new study reveals that the aerobic nitrogen cycle in the ocean may have occurred about 100 million years before oxygen began to significantly accumulate in the atmosphere, based on nitrogen isotope ...

The "Ice Prince" burial sheds light on a toddler from a wealthy family who lived around 1,350 years ago in Bavaria, Germany.

A cutting-edge technique for analyzing fossil tooth enamel is revealing remarkable new information about 2 million-year-old ...