AI is helping archaeologists redefine when and how fire use was mastered, with evidence dating back 800,000 years.

Emma Finestone, associate curator at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, will be using a federal grant to continue her ...

Our ancestors probably used a wide range of plant-based tools that have since been lost to history. Now we're finally getting a glimpse of this Botanic Age ...

Will I pay back what I owe? Will I be caught as an adulterer? A second- or third-century C.E. set of papyri found in ...

Archaeologists in Tajikistan have discovered a rock-shelter that may have been a migration site for Neanderthals, Denisovans, ...

Lucy and her fellow australopithecines may have created and used tools more than 3 million years ago ... represent the ...

The ancient vice akrasia is a lazy inclination toward base desires that we know are bad for the soul. Among other woes, Jesus ...

In the warm yellow light, the Bust of King Ramesses II stands silently, a majestic figure frozen in ... Flocks of visitors lined up to see the exhibition Unveiling San­xingdui of Ancient Shu ...

The Imperial Valley has been recognized as one of the most unique places for geological study. It may not seem like much to ...