Dogs today come in a mind- blowing array of shapes and sizes, but when did this diversity in canine forms begin? New research ...

History tells us who we are and how the past has shaped us. This is a commonly expressed truism, but in Ireland’s case, our ...

Stone structures lying beneath the Atlantic off the western coast of France have drawn renewed scientific attention, with ...

Five quartz arrowheads found in a South African cave were laced with a slow-acting tumbleweed poison that would have tired ...

Traces of a toxic chemical found on 60,000-year-old arrowheads hint at advanced planning by Palaeolithic hunters.

There are very few places on Earth where people can’t find twigs, reeds, blades of grass, or other resources to make a basket—and people always need a way to carry their belongings or food. The ...

In the research, published Wednesday (Jan. 7) in the journal Nature, a team of Moroccan and French researchers detailed their ...

The oldest known cremation pyre in Africa is shedding light on the complex funeral rites of ancient hunter-gatherers 9,500 years ago.

Raven La Fae, a 32-year-old artist in Calgary, Canada, has always been able to predict their menstrual periods almost to the day; it arrived every 28 days and lasted for five. But after contracting ...

Archaeological discoveries often surface as fragments, leaving researchers to reconstruct stories from scattered traces. The ...

Archaeologists are moving away from the idea of a "linear progression" of weapons, suggesting early humans were versatile ...