The remarkably well-preserved remains of a man who died in central Mexico around 1,000 years ago have revealed the ancient human microbiome — the community of bacteria…

Archaeologists have uncovered a rare scorpion-shaped mound in Mexico’s Tehuacán Valley that was likely used to allow ancient Mesoamerican farmers to track the sun’s path during the…

A new study published in Current Anthropology may have solved one of the largest mysteries of ancient Mesoamerica—the language spoken in Teotihuacan, the vast metropolis that dominated…

A new paper published recently in PLOS ONE has uncovered evidence that early humans who inhabited the region near present-day Rome butchered a giant elephant around 404,000…

Archaeologists excavating a Roman civilian settlement at Turda, Romania, have unearthed many artifacts, including a rare bronze box with a relief of a classical temple façade. It…

A new study published in Science Advances is reshaping our understanding of early colonial life in North America. By analyzing centuries-old horse and donkey bones unearthed at…

For centuries, researchers have been captivated by the mystery of how the ancient inhabitants of Rapa Nui—also known as Easter Island—transported their huge moai statues. Now, new…

Almost 2 million years ago, early humans were not the hunters they are typically imagined to be — they were the hunted. A new study suggests that…

A century after the Endurance sank under the Antarctic ice, new research has revealed that the ship was never as strong as legend suggested — and that…