Researchers identified chemical traces of poison on 60,000-year-old arrowheads, meaning the artifacts bear the oldest known evidence of arrow poison.

Once dismissed as sticks and forgotten in a museum, the 5,000-year-old tools show prehistoric people hunted whales far from ...

Experience the remarkable journey of solo construction as a skilled builder transforms a remote jungle clearing into a stunning underground dwelling. Using primitive technology and only hand tools, he ...

Scientists examining traces left behind by early humans continue to find evidence that refuses to stay neatly in place. New ...

A major ancient Roman industrial site on the River Wear may be the most important discovery of the last hundred years, ...

These ancient structures still stand - but the people who built them remain a mystery that history can’t fully explain.

New archaeological evidence from Sulawesi suggests that Homo sapiens may have lived alongside a mysterious species.

A male skeleton named TBH1 reveals he was killed by a quartz projectile strike about 12,000 years ago. Archaeologists ...

The people at the center of this discovery are known as the Sambaqui. For nearly 7,000 years, these groups lived along the ...

The ability of the early toolmakers to select high-quality stone, produce sharp flakes, and return to familiar raw-material sources suggests a deep understanding of their landscapes. It allowed early ...

LONDON (AP) — Thousands of people cheered and danced around Stonehenge as the sun rose over the prehistoric stone circle on Sunday, the winter solstice. The crowds, many dressed as druids and pagans, ...

Iron Age cargoes from Dor reveal how ancient Mediterranean trade evolved alongside shifting empires and political power. New ...