A new study by an international team of scientists reports the discovery of footprints (~1.5 million years old) from Koobi Fora, Kenya. This discovery offers the first evidence of two different ...

Deep ocean explorers filmed rare footage of nautilus individuals in the deep sea. These mollusks are ancient species, and ...

Researchers from University of Glasgow have found origins of early governing institutions in Mesopotamia, which were based on ...

A 3D computerized model of the surface of the area near Lake Turkana ... were made within hours of each other on the shores of an ancient lake, showcasing the shared habitat of these early humans.

The late Russ Rulau, an enthusiast of tokens, first used the term exonumia. In general, exonumia identifies badges, ...

As families gather around the dinner table for one of the largest feasts of the year, kitchen counters are littered with pie ...

A 2,200-year-old ceramic drinking vessel has confirmed what archaeologists have long suspected: some ancient Egyptians were tripping on hallucinogens. For the first time, scientists have discovered ...

According to their recent study published in the Journal of Ancient History and Archeology ... such as 1.8 million-year-old hominid skull fragments uncovered in 1999 and 2000.

Ancient trees and temperate forests at the South ... the sediment core from nearly a kilometer beneath the water’s surface. The amber fragments, though small—each about a millimeter in ...