An interdisciplinary research project on the development of the earliest forms of agriculture shows that early farming ...

The rise of the Iron Age —and the complete shift in the way the world worked that it caused—was likely an accident. And ...

Highlighted engravings at Jebel Misma. Sahout Rock Art and Archaeology Project. Researchers in northern Saudi Arabia’s Nefud ...

Researchers used drone imagery to analyze the full scope of a massive, 3,000-year-old fortress in the Caucasus mountains.

Jane Goodall, the world's foremost expert on chimpanzees, has died at the age of 91, the Jane Goodall Institute (JGI) ...

Some 12,000 years ago, groups of pioneering hunter-gatherers ventured into the harsh Arabian desert. They survived thanks to ...

Copper smelters once used iron oxide to refine copper, unintentionally advancing the path toward iron metallurgy. Research conducted at Cranfield University provides new insight into the shift from ...

A highly anticipated mission to uncover the mystery of Amelia Earhart’s disappearance is set to begin in one months time on November 1. The expedition, led by a 16-member team of archaeologists ...

On a damp, mist-laced slope of the eastern Andes, a small creature with reddish-brown fur and a black facial mask peeked from the edge of a pitfall trap. It was August 16, 2018, and biologist Silvia ...

Scientists are about to embark on an expedition to Nikumaroro Island. There, they will investigate the Taraia Object, a ...

Researchers say they believe an object in a South Pacific island's lagoon is the wreck of Amelia Earhart's lost plane.

The Bering Land Bridge likely didn't emerge until around 35,000 years ago, much later than was previously thought. This narrows the window of when humans could have crossed over to North America.