At the height of its power, the Roman Empire extended as far away as Britain. Rome didn’t view the region as remote or ...

The team excavating in the west Nile Delta have discovered a necropolis and industrial complex dating from the Roman Period.

Altogether, they reconstructed 11 ancient herpesvirus genomes. The oldest came from a young girl found in southern Italy who ...

Scientists have successfully recovered what may be Leonardo da Vinci's DNA from a centuries-old red chalk drawing, marking a breakthrough that could unlock secrets about one of history's greatest ...

There was likely a familial relation between two of the fallen warriors—father and son—but the third body’s tie to the two ...

Stone Age arrowheads found in South Africa showcase the knowledge and strategy of prehistoric hunter-gatherers, according to a new study.

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

Researchers from South Africa and Sweden have found the oldest traces of arrow poison in the world to date. On ...

The use of poison on arrows marked a revolution in human hunting technology—new evidence suggests it happened tens of ...

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

The arrow came to light in a layer of sediments dating to 60,000 years ago, suggesting the artifact is just as old. Namely, ...

Fossils of a human ancestor from 773,000 years ago may be near the base of the Homo sapiens lineage, representing a common ...