On an expedition in the Awash Valley in Ethiopia, two anthropologists uncovered the bones of a 3.2 million-year-old human ...

The extremely long skull of a medieval knight points to an underlying genetic condition.

Archaeologist Professor John Schofield from the University of York argues that plastic’s refusal to die might actually be an ...

A Europe-focused study published in the journal Science examined 87 ancient and modern cat genomes and found that the domestic cat, which has the scientific name Felis catus, originated in North ...

Through cutting-edge forensic science and ancient DNA analysis, scientists have solved one of medieval Europe's most enduring archaeological mysteries. The victim, Duke Béla of Macsó, was a member of ...

At the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, the archaeology department has over 1 million artifacts from all over the ...

There are many creatures that have become extinct over the years, and one of these species was the Neanderthals. However, ...

Archaeologists studied Semiyarka, dubbed The City of Seven Ravines, a settlement from 1600 BC that may have been a powerhouse ...

Scholars have long debated how the massive stone figures of Rapa Nui got to where they stand today. A new study offers one ...

Archaeologist still depend upon tools used for hundreds of years, but some are taking advantage of what technology offers. Things like ground penetrating radar, microscopes, even satellites. Learn ...

I t’s time to say hello to an old friend again. The first near-Earth asteroid ever discovered by humans, 433 Eros, will have ...

Find out which Indian university has the oldest archaeological collection, why students should be aware of this historic ...