Archaeological evidence shows the Magdalenian people from 18,000 years ago likely were engaged in cannibalism. As part of the ...

Sticks found in a cave that date back 12,000 years and other archaeological evidence show how humans have long viewed the future in a similar way to us, says Annalee Newitz ...

Ancient DNA is telling us more and more about humans and environments long past. Could it also help rescue the future?

Let’s explore what this ancient campsite reveals about a “way of life lost to time.“ The Clovis people were once thought to be the first humans to arrive in the Americas, though recent ...

DNA Evidence Rewrites Story of People Buried in Pompeii ... 52,000-year-old woolly mammoth -- the first time such a feat has been achieved for any ancient DNA sample.

By analyzing these, researchers can determine what types of food ancient people or animals consumed ... have even been domesticated by around this time. "Muscovy ducks are known for being the ...

A team of archaeologists, paleontologists, and historians from several institutions in Spain, Germany, and Poland, has found ...

Travel back in time thousands of year to the banks of the Nile, where you can learn all about the amazing people and places of Ancient Egypt. What remains of Ancient Egypt? How do we know so much ...