Tube drill cores found in Egypt show smooth, continuous spiral grooves that indicate extreme pressure and control.

CHENGDU -- Chinese archaeologists have uncovered a significant Paleolithic site at an unprecedented altitude on the eastern ...

An excavation in Italy has unearthed the oldest and first known evidence of father-daughter incest in the archaeological record, a new genetic study reveals. The team found genetic clues of this ...

The Faya palaeolandscape won Unesco World Heritage status in July and includes one of the oldest uninterrupted records of ...

Humans were isolated in southern Africa for about 100,000 years, which caused them to "fall outside the range of genetic variation" seen in modern-day people, a new genetic study reveals. The finding ...

TODAY’S state of extreme economic inequality is a problem best approached with science – using it to make specific measurements, identify root causes, and develop workable solutions. Archaeology is ...

Today’s state of extreme economic inequality is a problem best approached with science — using it to make specific measurements, identify root causes, and develop workable solutions. Archaeology is ...

Archaeologists have uncovered hundreds of mysterious stone formations hidden in one of the most extreme environments on Earth: Harrat Khaybar, a vast lava field in northwestern Saudi Arabia. Nicknamed ...