A fingerprint study of 79 prints from Pit 1 suggests women and children worked alongside men to build China's Terracotta Army ...

Six hand bones from a Neanderthal man found at Abauntz Cave in Spain yielded ancient DNA and direct radiocarbon dates.

New computer model shows fossil footprints record rare moments when people and floods lined up, not population size or how ...

A faience workshop at Sanam Temple in Sudan shows how Kushite rulers controlled raw materials and royal burial figurines in ancient Nubia.

Hilltop forts, hidden hamlets, and ivory trade show how Bronze Age communities in Spain resisted El Argar, says a new ...

Archaeologists finished the first dig season at Angelokastro, uncovering a columned courtyard building, coins and pottery ...

Burned grains, flowering plants, and cedar resin in Bronze Age tombs in Cyprus offer clues to ancient burial rituals and ...

Researchers used drone and aircraft LiDAR to locate three unregistered rock shelters with art and tools in the Blue Mountains ...

Researchers used X-rays and machine learning to study 160 palm-leaf manuscripts and uncover how South and Southeast Asian ...

A 7,300-year-old eruption in Japan caused collapse in some areas and growth in others, according to a new study of Jomon ...

How rabbits went from royal luxuries to common animals in medieval England, reflecting social change, rising living standards ...

Residue analysis of chalices from Tomb 89 at Pella, Jordan, reveals black pepper, wormwood and other plants used in Iron Age funeral rites.