Residues on arrow tips found in South Africa hint at how far back in history humans have been using poison for survival.

Applying the longest average reign length from the historical period to the six pre-Alexander I monarchs yields a foundation date of 573 BC, which the researchers round to 575 BC. This mathematical ...

The study has overturned a historical assumptions, revealing that the Macedonian kingdom rose 75 years later than previously ...

A new study using archaeology and ancient texts dates the origins of Alexander the Great’s Macedonian kingdom to the early ...

Long before modern medicine named and cataloged human herpesviruses, at least one of them was already quietly embedding ...

New research reveals traces of plant toxins on arrow tips in South Africa, suggesting that the technique was used tens of ...

My quest for the ark of the covenant was abruptly disrupted at 35,000 feet over the Atlantic Ocean. Three hours into our ...

Off the coast of Marseille, National Geographic Explorer Jacques-Yves Cousteau hauled up thousands of ancient clay ...

A new analysis of enigmatic skulls from the Republic of Georgia suggest that Homo erectus wasn't the only human species to ...

Google Maps Timeline data is disappearing without a trace for many users. The transition to on-device storage may be ...

The hunting of large whales goes back much further in time than previously thought. New research from the Institute of ...

A seven-million-year-old fossil may mark the moment our ancestors first stood up and walked.