Ancient DNA has been pulled from a permafrost-preserved woolly mammoth found in Siberia, and scientists are thrilled. They ...

Flower designs on 8,000-year-old Mesopotamian pots reveal a “mathematical knowledge” perhaps developed to share land and ...

New research indicates that humans shaped their environments through hunting and controlled use of fire tens of thousands of years before agriculture emerged. According to the study’s co-authors, the ...

“Our findings combined with prior research indicate that opium use was more than accidental or sporadic in ancient Egyptian ...

DNA analysis shows strong ties to Early Bronze Age Sicily, with little influence from the eastern Mediterranean. There’s also ...

Your ability to notice what matters visually comes from an ancient brain system over 500 million years old.

Ancient scientists can be easy to dismiss. Greek philosopher Thales of Miletus, often described as the West’s first scientist, believed the whole Earth was suspended on water. Roman encyclopaedist ...

Researchers are using chemical and mineral analysis to trace the origins of ancient pottery in Israel, building a national ...

Historians and divers are trying to retrieve prehistoric clues from beneath the waves—but they have to act fast.