Old beliefs about early human behavior in East Asia are being challenged by the discovery of a richly-layered archaeological ...

African calligraphers are also using modern tools like digital tablets and software to create stunning designs. This has ...

A study of the East African Rift reveals that ancient heating and dehydration can strengthen continental crust, reshaping how ...

Thousands of years before the invention of compasses or sails, prehistoric peoples crossed oceans to reach remote lands like ...

Archaeologists in central China have uncovered evidence that early humans were far more inventive than long assumed. Excavations at the Xigou site reveal advanced stone tools, including the earliest ...

By Kwame A. APEANING For centuries, salt has been more than a commodity in West Africa; it has been a currency of trade, ...

The key takeaway is that the paintings do not simply show people moving; they encode recognizable ritual elements - like clapping women, dancers in circles, and altered postures associated with trance ...

History is often taught as if progress moves in a straight line—from ancient Greece to Rome, from medieval Europe to the Renaissance, from industrialization to modernity. Africa, in this telling, ...

Stone age humans were using poison for hunting far longer than previously believed. In A Nutshell Chemical traces survived for 60 millennia because the toxin’s molecular structure resists ...

Stone tools from central China dated to 160,000 years ago show early hafting, planning and skill, reshaping views of East ...

ROME (AP) — One of the best-preserved ancient Roman homes on the Palatine Hill is opening to the public for the first time, albeit via a livestreamed tour of its hard-to-reach underground frescoes and ...

An international team of scientists has uncovered fossil evidence of a tiny ecosystem in the Cederberg mountains, revealing ...