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Ancient tomb with strange owl sculpture Mexico’s ‘most significant’ find in decade - Find points to Mexico’s central role in cultural history of ancient Mesoamerica, researchers say ...

A 5500-year-old genome recovered from human skeletal remains in Colombia may give insights into the early evolution of ...

When it comes to ancient Egypt, archaeologists never know what they might find – and visitors are bound to be dazzled by the displays in the recently opened Grand Egyptian Museum in Cairo. In recent ...

A single ancient jawbone is rewriting what scientists thought they knew about humanity’s forgotten relatives.

Rising temperatures around the globe have already been linked to many negative impacts, including sea-level rise and an increase in severe weather. Now, researchers say the changing climate is a key ...

Officials have unveiled the tomb of an ancient warrior, buried over 1,300 years ago by a long-forgotten people. King Saint Stephen Museum, located in Székesfehérvár, Hungary, announced the discovery ...

The fossils offer a rare glimpse into a cataclysmic event that brought a sudden end to the greatest explosion of life in our ...

The 67,800-year-old hand stencil looks like a claw—and provides new clues about early human cognition and the migration to ...

New Haven, Conn. — Examination of an ancient alabaster vase in the Yale Peabody Museum’s Babylonian Collection has revealed traces of opiates, providing the clearest evidence to date of broad opium ...

(CNN) — Contrary to popular depictions of bee nests as large, intricate hives that hang from trees, the majority of bee species — about 90% — are actually solitary and build their nests in the ground ...