archaeology

Archaeologists have uncovered the earliest extant evidence of a wood structure, dating back almost half a million years.

Eureka!

New evidence shows that a set of ancient footprints in New Mexico pre-date when scientists believed humans populated the Americas.

It appears that one of our ancestral species had burial rituals that included the carving of symbols hundreds of thousands of years ago.

Recovered human hairs provide the first direct evidence that prehistoric Europeans were fond of consuming psychoactive rugs like scopolamine.

The discovery of over a hundred miles of Mayan "superhighways" challenges previous understandings of the organization of Preclassic Mayans.

Scientists uncovered fossils of a fearsome new pterosaur species that strongly resembles a dragon from European mythology.

As the world continues to heat up from climate change, tens of thousands of important archaeological sites throughout the Arctic will be destroyed.