On a talus-strewn slope in eastern California’s mountains, a gnarled tree twists toward the sky. It is Methuselah, a Great ...

On Elephantine Island, a single granite box contains what may be the clearest machining evidence ever filmed in Egypt. One ...

A new study suggests flower patterns painted on 8,000-year-old pottery reveal early ideas of balance, symmetry and numerical ...

The world’s first robot operated in Ancient Greece—the automatic maid was the name of a technological miracle during the ...

Since the turn of the millennium, our understanding of our ancestors and extended cousins has shifted dramatically, thanks to ...

Scientists find lethal plant poison on South African stone arrow tips from 60,000 years ago, proving early humans were far ...

A partial skeleton weighing just 70 pounds is bridging a critical gap in the fossil record and redefining the timeline of ...

A new study reimagines the 3,000-year-old technology using fluids, avoiding the most annoying limitations of teeth-driven ...

Archaeologists in Spain have brought back the voice of the Neolithic by successfully playing ancient shells that had been ...

Scientists believe they have uncovered the 'missing link' in human evolution, showing how our species may have evolved.

Alexander the Great dived into the unknown, facing giant crabs, pearls, and mysterious depths in a legendary underwater ...

A fascinating archaeological discovery in South Africa has revealed that humans were using sophisticated poisoned arrows 60,000 years ago, far earlier than previously documented. Chemical analysis of ...