A newly described fossil reveals that leeches are at least 200 million years older than scientists previously thought, and ...

Digital reconstruction of a crushed skull from an ancient human could rewrite the timeline of human evolution, according to ...

Ancient Egyptian guards may have used a tiny cow bone with a hole drilled into it to keep royal tomb workers in order. The ...

When we picture the history of money, many imagine barter leading naturally to coins, then paper bills, then cards and ...

Late Cretaceous dinosaurs may have cut back vegetation, creating large floodplains. When the asteroid hit, those floodplains ...

Newly discovered prehistoric artwork suggests how a pioneering sect of desert nomads, unknown to history until now, carved ...

There’s a case to be made that communication is at the heart of the entire human experience. From the solitary thumbs-up ...

The engravings of life-size camels and donkeys on the side of a mountain were later found to have been created between 11,400 ...

Wooden block printing is an ancient art form that allows you to create beautiful patterns on fabric and paper. The technique ...

Mulberry paper, an ancient Uyghur handicraft dating back to the Tang Dynasty (618-907), was once widely used for printing ...

Scientists may have just solved one of the greatest mysteries of the ancient world after making a landmark new discovery in Egypt. For centuries, experts have puzzled over how the pyramids, including ...

Now a leading archaeologist, Rostain was discouraged at first. “No one is interested in archaeology of the Amazon.” ...