In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists have unearthed 6,000-year-old human skeletons in Colombia that possess a DNA ...

Cliff-rappelling scientists uncovered a crossbow bolt, part of a slingshot and 25 shoes in ancient vulture nesting sites ...

Archaeologists have uncovered compelling evidence of an ancient ritual burial beneath a Silla Dynasty tomb in Gyeongju, South Korea, revealing what appears to be the remains of a man buried alive ...

Archaeologists have recently challenged the long-held belief that the Gunung Padang site in Indonesia is the world’s oldest ...

Humans and our ancestors have been exposed to lead for 2 million years, but the toxic metal may have actually helped our ...

(Reuters) -In 1990, an ancient human skull was unearthed in China's Hubei Province that was so badly deformed during fossilization that it was hard to gauge its significance. A new analysis now ...

Lead poisoning isn’t just an industrial-age problem. A new study reveals our ancestors, including Neanderthals, were exposed ...

Humans have been getting infected by ancient bacteria and viruses for at least 37,000 years. Now, for the first time, pathogen DNA has uncovered a pivotal disease "turning point" that happened 6,500 ...

For millennia, ancient civilizations have left us clues about the importance of living in harmony with nature. Despite the ...

The team looked for an explanation as to why the myth involved a seventh bright star, visible to the naked eye. Running ...