A newly discovered crocodilian ancestor was a nine-foot-tall predator that stood on its hind legs
Fossil remains suggest that prehistoric people in Sri Lanka may have eaten monkeys and other forest species
At about 2.8 million years old, the Ledi jaw may belong to "the stem for the Homo genus," according to its discoverers
What the remains of the "hunchback" king can teach us about other English royals
We’ve learned things that could help today’s artisan chocolatiers improve their trade
Scientists search the wine-dark sea for the remains of a ship that sank 2,000 years ago—carrying what is believed to be the world’s first computer
X-ray scans can just tease out letters on the warped documents from a library at Herculaneum
A lethal helping of foxglove seems to have triggered the downfall of a warlord of Verona
A frenzy of conflicting scientific analyses have made the famous pharaoh more mysterious than ever
Deep in the jungle, an intrepid scholar locates a symbol of power and mystery
Unearthed at an ancient hunting camp in Alaska, the infant remains are offering clues to the burial rites of early Americans
Noah Cordle was boogie boarding in New Jersey when he came upon an ancient hunting tool
Why was the 2004 unveiling of a small hominin dubbed <em>Homo floresiensis</em> such a big deal?
Earth's changing climate has been a spectre in centuries of civil conflict and, at times, the collapse of whole civilizations
Phillips uncovered millennia-old treasures beneath Arabian sand, got rich from oil and died relatively unknown
Evidence is building that past climate change may have forged some of the defining traits of humanity
From ancient citadels to the Great Sphinx, you can now explore Egypt's wonders in the digital world
Residue from jars at a Canaanite palace suggest the ruler preferred his red with hints of mint, honey and juniper
More than a million years old, the hand axe is over due for an update
He’s the most important human skeleton ever found in North America—and here, for the first time, is his story
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