Lead poisoning isn't just a modern phenomenon: fossil teeth show signs that it affected ancient hominids, and Homo sapiens ...

In a 1970 National Geographic feature, paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey—son of Louis and Mary Leakey—recounted his ...

Ancient bones, artifacts and texts offer numerous insights into the past, as does the chewing gum that Neolithic people ...

Throughout human history, many cultures have developed belief systems that tied nature to the supernatural, fostering ...

A German woman has returned a stolen segment from an ancient Greek pillar more than five decades after she took it. It is the ...

In a social media post, the Greek culture ministry praised the "sensitivity and courage" of the woman who returned the ...

In rural Zimbabwe, girls are reviving an ancient tradition called Nhanga to combat child marriage. Originally a space for ...

Experts believe the site where the coins, which date back 2,500 years, were found could have once been a seasonal market.

According to official records, Mexico’s most visited archaeological sites are Teotihuacán and Chichén Itzá. The first is a ...

Oceanography professor Rebecca Robinson traveled to three different sites to collect 250 samples from different depths off ...

Researchers have unearthed South America’s first amber deposits containing ancient insects in an Ecuadorian quarry, offering ...

The National Institute of Anthropology and History in Mexico organizes monthly tours to share the country's rich cultural ...