Humans and our ancestors have been exposed to lead for 2 million years, but the toxic metal may have actually helped our ...

Cliff-rappelling scientists uncovered a crossbow bolt, part of a slingshot and 25 shoes in ancient vulture nesting sites ...

Lead exposure sounds like a modern problem, at least if you define “modern” the way a paleoanthropologist might: a time that ...

The Barabar Caves in Bihar are the oldest caves in India. Learn its history and features, and explore other ancient caves ...

Long before humans built cities or wrote words, our ancestors may have faced a hidden threat that shaped who we became.

Unique, prehistoric rock art drawings have been discovered in the Andriamamelo Cave in western Madagascar. I was part of a team that discovered and described these ancient treasures. They’re the first ...

Archaeologists reexamined stone tools found decades ago in Tunel Wielki Cave, southern Poland, and discovered they are far older than once believed. Dated to between 450,000 and 550,000 years ago, ...

1881 Adderly Street, in Cape Town, gets its first electric lights installed.

A rock hound found a human skull in a Carbon County cave Sunday, prompting a sheriff’s investigation. Authorities say it may be decades old — or even date back to the 1800s — and are working with ...

This is the account of the discovery of a skull that has the potential to change what we know about human evolution, and a suppression and cover-up which followed. In 1959, in an area called ...

YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — Polls open in Cameroon in an election that could see Africa's oldest leader extend his rule for another 7 years.