Archaeologists have long thought that monumental architecture—large, human-built structures that emphasize visibility—were ...

Fisher-hunter-gatherers in the middle archaic period in Louisiana have built a large enclosure containing 11 earthen mounds ...

Quite suddenly and for no apparent reason, if there is one thing we have more of than traffic cones in Northwest Arkansas, it ...

The detailed reconstruction brings the prehistoric hunter-gatherer to life, revealing an intriguing set of features.

Now, thanks to ancient DNA and a sculptor’s art, we can meet her again.

Our prehistoric ancestors are 'suddenly a lot closer' ...

Using well-preserved ancient DNA, researchers have created a life-like facial reconstruction of a woman who lived in ...

An ancient human site in Germany features animal bones that were smashed into small pieces and heated to extract fat 125,000 ...

India’s complex ancestry—intertwined with Iranian farmers, Steppe herders, and local hunter-gatherers—has now been decoded through genomic data from 2,762 people. The study uncovers surprising levels ...

The researchers believe that Neanderthals, an extinct species of human known to have lived in that area as far back as ...