Homo erectus skulls from China’s Yunxian archaeological site revealed ages close to two million years—a million years older ...

Researchers identified 19 different types of beads, whose shapes are reminiscent of plants that were harvested by Natufians, and were vital to their lives, such as wild barley, lentils, and peas.

Excavations at a central Italian city upended the belief that it served as a “backwater town” during the Roman era, finding instead it was a thriving centre till the 3rd century. The decade-long ...

New archaeological studies have provided surprising revelations about the age of sites connected to the legendary King Arthur of Britain. Recent findings indicate that these sites may be 4,000 years ...

Across archaeology and earth science, new discoveries are stacking up and they do not fit the clean textbook timeline of slow human progress. Evidence points to sudden cataclysms, lost knowledge, and ...