Metal detecting at Mississippi’s oldest courthouse site brings the thrill of uncovering early American history. Built in 1812 ...

The earliest ancestors of all backboned animals, including humans, may have viewed the world with four eyes, not just two. The remnants of those extra eyes persist in the human brain today as the ...

Nearly half a million years ago - far earlier than researchers once believed - early humans were already building wooden structures.

In 1958, an amateur archaeologist unearthed an array of fiber, wood, hide, and more from Cougar Mountain Cave, Oregon. The ...

Researchers have identified what may be the earliest known metal drill from ancient Egypt—and it was hidden in plain sight.

This means that early inhabitants of North America had advanced seamstress skills long before the construction of the Egyptian pyramids between 1,700 and 2,700 BC, ...

Archaeologists have identified the oldest known example of sewn hide, a small fragment of elk hide meticulously stitched with twisted fiber, dating back approximately 12,400 years. Found within Cougar ...

An archaeologist says a woven item discovered in an Oregon cave and dated to about 12,000 years ago may be one of the oldest known examples of clothing or footwear in the world.

The discovery of sewn hide in Oregon caves offers the oldest known evidence of early clothing, shedding light on how ancient ...

In 1958, an amateur archaeologist named John Cowles excavated the Cougar Mountain Cave in Oregon and retained many of the artifacts found there. Upon his death in the 1980s, these items were ...

For 12,400 years, the cave’s arid air preserved two small scraps of elk hide stitched together with twisted fiber. These ...

Researchers say tiny pieces of sewn elk hide could represent the oldest known clothing, offering rare insight into Ice Age ...