Across the world’s continental shelves, archaeologists are racing a rising tide of development and climate change to map and ...

Archaeologists recovered the naturally mummified remains of more than 100 Indigenous Yakuts who were buried in Siberia ...

Five quartz arrowheads found in a South African cave were laced with a slow-acting tumbleweed poison that would have tired ...

Residues on arrow tips found in South Africa hint at how far back in history humans have been using poison for survival.

An ancient cremation would have been a community spectacle in a place returned to and reignited over many generations. What ...

Archaeologist still depend upon tools used for hundreds of years, but some are taking advantage of what technology offers. Things like ground penetrating radar, microscopes, even satellites. Learn ...

In a ritual burial, the dog’s remains were placed in a bag made of animal skins and weighed down with rocks to sink to the ...

They drew with crayons, possibly fed on maggots and maybe even kissed us: Forty millenniums later, our ancient human cousins ...

Ancient Nubian tattoos on children reshape ideas about belief, care, and the body. Along the Nile, in what is now Sudan, ...

Archaeological Science, often interchangeably termed archaeometry, represents an inherently interdisciplinary field that blends methods drawn from the physical, chemical, biological, and social ...

Starting a fire led to advancements such as cooking, which unlocked nutrients that improved the size and cognition of the ...

Archaeologists working at a Bronze Age cemetery in northwest China have uncovered pottery vessels containing residue that reveals a sophisticated brewing technique dating back nearly 4,000 years. The ...