If the researchers' hypothesis is correct, the fossil represents the earliest known instance of an injury caused by something sharp.
After more than 80 years underwater, the ship that witnessed the famed Antarctic explorer's final moments has revealed itself to the world.
Whether this person was an early paleontologist or a fanatic of Greek myths, researchers aren't sure.
The excavation of a cave in southern Türkiye revealed evidence of shared technologies, survival strategies, and even symbolic objects.
Mental imagery might not be as central to complex human thought than we believed, philosophers say.
Researchers working with the Smithsonian pored over 10,061 artifacts and other elements to determine whether tiny ‘Homo floresiensis’ used fire or hunted big game.
The site is among the most untouched Maya sites researchers have ever discovered.
New research is forcing archaeologists to confront an inconvenient truth about atlatls, a weapon that's been linked to Clovis hunters for decades despite the dearth of evidence.
“These unopened Herculaneum Scrolls look like dead books, but they’re not. They’re starting to speak again.”
The ancient hominins were likely more diverse and lived in well-connected communities, a new study suggests.