Mushrooms have been used by ancient humans for millennia, but archaeologists have only just uncovered their pivotal role in ...

Scientists have discovered some of the oldest footprints ever found, preserved in ancient ground for thousands of years.

The human genome is a rich, complex record of migration, encounters, and inheritance written over thousands of millennia.

Exercise your brain,” experts advise people hoping to stave off dementia. But how? Stretching your brain might be the better description.

The evidence shows that the ‘Ubeidiya site is at least one million nine hundred thousand years old. This finding represents a ...

6,000-year-old pottery reveals prehistoric humans cooked gourmet food with plants and fish, offering new insight into ancient ...

“Our analyses show that the historical [human Rhinovirus] A genome represents an extinct lineage closely related to HRV A19 ...

What did the face of our ancestors look like three million years ago? Our international team has answered this question by ...

A thin band of light from Cristian Lucanas's headlamp pierces the blackness of a Philippine rainforest as he digs through the underbrush before gently scooping up a cockroach with his bare ...

Archaeologists discovered 8,000-year-old human remains in an underwater cenote cave in Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula.

The collection comprises 1,103 gold, silver and copper coins preserved at Italy’s Sforzesco Castle and amongst them is the oldest Arab-Islamic dinar dated to 77 AH ...

Archaeologist and professional diver Julianna O’Donoghue has explored everything from a drowned forest off the Cork coast to a 17th century ship laden with coconuts ...