In Britain, archaeologists have found Iranian and Egyptian beads, Scandinavian amber items, Aegean metalwork, Cypriot and ...

Microscopic plant residues found on bedrock metates offer new insights into the diets and cultural practices of ancient Indigenous communities in the American West. The mortar, pestle, and cutting ...

Get ready for an adventure-packed weekend and beyond -- from trying to catch thousands of crabs in Malesso' to hunting wild ...

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.

Experts are refuting a viral claim about deep structures under the Giza plateau despite a wild theory circulating online.

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

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

And who discovered that popcorn could be a toasty, tasty treat? These kinds of food mysteries are pretty hard to solve. Archaeology depends on solid remains to figure out what happened in the past, ...

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.