The elongated skull was likely caused by a genetic condition, but it evidently didn’t get in the way of the individual’s ...

Ultimately, these 573 fortresses redefine what we know about northern China’s prehistory. Long before the first emperors ...

Scientists from Arizona State University and other institutions finally assigned a species name to a fossil known as the ...

Archaeologists uncover 16 Indigenous canoes, one older than the Pyramids, revealing a vast prehistoric travel network.

A new study using advanced fossil imaging reveals that ancient pterosaurs may have mastered flight almost instantly when they ...

The first humans arrived upon the landmass now known as Australia around 60,000 years ago along two distinct routes, ...

Many of the ancient southern Africans, including those who lived between about 10,200 and 1,400 years ago, "fall outside the ...

The burial site was 4,500 years old, but archaeology society members saw enough evidence to believe it was already in use nearly 8,000 years earlier.

Olive oil is the Swiss army knife of foodstuffs. It can dress salads, sauté vegetables, even grease squeaky hinges. And for ...

The domestic cat has a long, complex and uncertain history. Ancient DNA is making its origin story clearer.

Scientists say humans' fondness for alcohol traces back to primate ancestors who sought fermented fruits, shaping both ...