Fossils of a human ancestor from 773,000 years ago may be near the base of the Homo sapiens lineage, representing a common ...

A team of anthropologists recently examined a collection of fossil hominin jawbones, teeth, and vertebrae that belong to ...

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

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 National Museum of the Pacific War has refitted its George H.W. Bush Gallery, helping to make this one of the best ...

Understanding this crucial point in human history has focused on the Dmanisi Hominid Archaeological Site in Georgia where ...

New excavations and high tech scans on one of the world’s most remote islands are forcing archaeologists to redraw the story ...

Evidence pushes civilisation timeline beyond 6th century BC; pottery, seals, and other items indicate thriving commerce ...

A mystery that started with the discovery of a pinkie finger bone in Denisova Cave in the Altai Mountains of southern Siberia may finally have been cracked.

Centuries of excavations have unearthed a few theories about what really brought down one of the oldest cities in the ancient ...

A new study by researchers from Physical Research Laboratory in Ahmedabad and the Department of Archaeology of Tamil Nadu has now reported when flood sediments covered the Keezhadi structures. The ...