A 9,500-year-old cremation site in Malawi is rewriting what we thought we knew about ancient funerals.
The use of poisoned weapons 60,000 years ago would have required big brain power.
New research sheds light on the ancestors that gave rise to Neanderthals, Denisovans—and us.
Despite the fact that Mount Vesuvius triggered one of the most infamous ancient tragedies, not everyone agrees on exactly when it took place.
New research challenges the previous identification of a famous fossil dubbed "Little Foot."
Researchers traced tattoos across hundreds of human remains from northeastern Africa.
In the fourth century BCE, mysterious raiders attacked a Danish island. Now we might finally know where they came from.
