The mortar, pestle and cutting board in your kitchen are modern versions of manos and metates—ancient cooking implements ...

Researchers find wild chimpanzees prefer plants 2.75 times more flexible, indicating sophisticated understanding of material ...

New research compiles the most complete record of vanished species across the Arabian Peninsula, based on rock art, archaeology, and historical accounts.

Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) is inviting people to get into the swing of the changing season and go for a woodland wander ...

Research in Honduras shows that humans began selecting for larger fruits with thicker rinds as early as 7,500 years ago—long ...

Researchers claim they’ve discovered the legendary Halls of Amenti in a “vast city” beneath Egypt’s Pyramids of Giza — a wild ...

The intricate cave system perched deep in an isolated stretch of Spanish mountains contained the remains of an ancient and ...

“Mexico is not that much different from many other places in the world,” says Jack Ezon, founder of New York City-based ...

Going big and going early leads to an uptick in public interest and in those necessary donations. Unfortunately, it also ...

Ancient wolves may have self-domesticated by staying near humans for food scraps, gradually evolving into early dogs.

By 2022, the search had yielded an abundance of artifacts such as pottery, stone tools, and bones. An analysis determined ...

Archaeologists in Hanover, Maryland, came across rare artifacts that have ties to American abolitionist Harriet Tubman. The evacuation was led by the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT ...