When modern engineers prise open a block of Egyptian stone, what spills out is not a sci‑fi gadget but something stranger: ...

How far back does the rich history of Italian olives and oil stretch? My new research, published in the American Journal of ...

Ward Charcoal Ovens State Historic Park near Ely delivers exactly that kind of head-scratching, jaw-dropping moment when you ...

In the shadow of a coal mine in southern Greece, archaeologists discovered the oldest known handheld wooden tools ever found.

Early humans in England used elephant bone to sharpen stone tools, revealing advanced planning, material knowledge, and ...

Migration into the Americas is not about a single “path,” but timing can still rule routes in or out. The Holzman evidence supports the idea of a southward movement of ancestral Clovis-era populations ...

At the bottom sat a ring of fire-cracked stones, a primitive furnace used for heat-treating stone to improve its workability.

New evidence has emerged that sheds light on the possible first people to populate the Americas. Dating of stone and ivory ...

An exceptionally well-preserved Zapotec Tomb dating to around 600 CE, recently uncovered in Mexico, vastly expands ...

Archaeologists in central China have uncovered evidence that early humans were far more inventive than long assumed. Excavations at the Xigou site reveal advanced stone tools, including the earliest ...

The latest discoveries in Central China's Henan province are filling critical gaps in understanding East Asia's role in human ...

Old beliefs about early human behavior in East Asia are being challenged by the discovery of a richly-layered archaeological ...