Fragments of decorated ostrich eggshells. (Texier et al., J. Archaeol. Sci., 2013) Ancient humans were surprisingly creative, ...

Could ancient humans really have built the pyramids without extraterrestrial help? Or do such questions reveal more about ...

A new study shows how humans moved across the landscapes of ancient Greece, shaped by slope, visibility, and rugged terrain.

A group of early Homo sapiens crossed into Arabia more than 100,000 years ago, long before the migration that shaped modern ...

Scientists study physical evidence such as cave art, hand-crafted tools, and skull structures to infer cognitive and speech capabilities ...

For most of human history, straight, well spaced teeth were the norm, not a luxury that required years of metal and elastic bands. Archaeologists routinely lift ancient skulls from the ground and find ...

Millions of people have explored ancient Greece's golden ratio, a magical number that has fascinated experts and amateurs for ...

New research has revealed that ancient people in southern Arabia dined on an apex predator — sharks. The study, recently published in the journal Antiquity, centers on a tomb in Wadi Nafūn, an ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Little Foot’s face, however, has long eluded characterization—the fossil’s skull was smashed in after an estimated 3.67 million ...

A groundbreaking interdisciplinary study has unveiled the dramatic 2,000-year history of a population living at the southern edge of the ancient Andean farming frontier. By analyzing ancient DNA from ...

For modern residents of the Levant, the "Red Sea Trough" usually brings a brief, dusty transition between seasons. But ...