Forty years after the first effort to extract mummy DNA, researchers have finally generated a full genome sequence from an ...

Similar examples of ancient lion artifacts appear to have been used as door knockers. But the newly discovered discs may have ...

A new DNA model suggests humans didn't reach Australia until 50,000 years ago, but archaeological data disagrees.

New research in northwest Saudi Arabia has identified the existence of a network of previously unknown walled oases.

Introduction Europeans did not think we would find out about our black human species that inhabited Europe before the arrival of the Caucasians from the Caucasus Mountains in Central Asia .

An analysis of the provenance of the Matarrubilla stone, a large megalith at Valencina in Spain, indicates that the ...

Scientists have sequenced the oldest known DNA from ancient Egypt. It belonged to a potter who lived 4,500 years ago. This rare genetic snapshot offers new insights into the diverse ancestry of early ...

Was the Iberian Peninsula’s Bronze Age more advanced technologically than history has given it credit for? New study of the ...

Cyprus announced that excavations at the site of Pyla-Kokkinokremos made significant strides in understanding the Bronze age ...