Experts have been puzzled by recently discovered fossils from the hand of an extinct human relative, Paranthropus boisei. They have been surprised by a mix of human-like and gorilla-like traits in th ...

DNA from two 7,000-year-old mummies found in the Sahara has uncovered a lost human lineage that remained untouched for 50,000 ...

A vast burial field of 60 rock-cut tombs was unearthed at the archaeological site of the ancient city of Colossae, Türkiye, ...

Dinosaur "mummies" couldn't have been further from my mind as I trudged up a grassy knoll on the Zerbst Ranch in east-central ...

This gilt-copper nose ornament, discovered at the archaeological site of Loma Negra in northern Peru, depicts the important ...

Mexico City commemorated 700 years since the founding of México-Tenochtitlan, the ancient Aztec capital on Sunday (October 26 ...

Scientists have been left stunned after they discovered physical evidence of "theatrical" human sacrifices in Britain.

A skull which was discovered by anthropologists in the Paliokastro area of Thasos, Greece, shows signs of complicated surgery ...

Archaeologists have uncovered compelling evidence of an ancient ritual burial beneath a Silla Dynasty tomb in Gyeongju, South Korea, revealing what appears to be the remains of a man buried alive ...

Birds are the closest living relatives of dinosaurs, not crocodiles. Modern birds evolved from theropod dinosaurs. They ...