Hunter-gatherers cooked up the alluring pigment in the Eastern Mediterranean 15,000 years ago
Anthropologist Zelia Nuttall transformed the way we think of ancient Mesoamerica
Hieroglyphic texts suggest they understood the rocks, which contained valuable iron, did not originate on Earth
Dating of a child's fossilized jaw and teeth suggest our relatives lived at altitude earlier than once thought
A marine sanctuary is letting fishers know where previously hidden wrecks can be found
Genetic analysis shows that Ötzi was descended from farmers who migrated from an area that is now part of Turkey
Telltale marks on a bone from an early human’s leg could be the earliest evidence of cannibalism
The art was created long before modern humans inhabited France's Loire Valley
In Israel, new discoveries at one of the world's oldest villages are upending the debate about when we stopped wandering
Ancient texts suggest romantic smooching, and likely the diseases it transmitted, were widespread in Mesopotamia
Similarities between artifacts found in Lebanon and France suggest Homo sapiens migrants brought tool traditions with them
An archaeologist traces the invention and evolution of apparel using climate data and tailoring tools
In a nearly treeless desert, Ancestral Puebloans built Great Houses with more than 200,000 massive log beams
Inspired by pop culture depictions of cavepeople, an archaeologist searches for what is real and what is a myth
Researchers discovered a punctured skull below the floor of a home in what is now Israel
A curious new find yields clues to the origins of the alphabet
America's Waterways: The Past, Present and Future
With a new state-of-the-art irrigation project, Arizona’s Pima Indians are transforming their land into what it once was: the granary of the Southwest
A nearly three-million-year-old butchering site packed with animal bones, stone implements and molars from our early ancestors reignites the debate
Paleogenomic research has expanded rapidly over the past two decades, igniting heated debate about studying remains
Analysis of ten Eurasian individuals, up to 7,500 years old, gives a new picture of movement across continents
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