[ad_1] LONDON — Scientists in Britain say ancient humans may have learned to make fire far earlier than previously believed, after uncovering evidence that…
[ad_1] MADISON, Wis. — Archaeologists have identified more than a dozen ancient canoes that Indigenous people apparently left behind in a sort of prehistoric…
[ad_1] JUNEAU, Alaska — A fragment of a mask that was preserved for hundreds of years in permafrost sat in the muck of a…
[ad_1] PHILADELPHIA — Archeologists studying ancient civilizations in northern Iraq during the 1930s also befriended the nearby Yazidi community, documenting their daily lives in…
[ad_1] AASUM, Denmark (AP) — In a village in central Denmark, archeologists made a landmark discovery that could hold important clues to the Viking…
[ad_1] AASUM, Denmark — AASUM, Denmark (AP) — In a village in central Denmark, archeologists made a landmark discovery that could hold important clues…
[ad_1] **EMBARGOED UNTIL 7:01 P.M. ET TUESDAY, JAN 30** Evolutionary biologists at Johns Hopkins Medicine report they have combined PET scans of modern pigeons…
[ad_1] Newswise — Credit for discovering the first dinosaur bones usually goes to British gentlemen for their finds between the 17th and 19th centuries…
[ad_1] Joint press release Utrecht University and Natural History Museum Maastricht Newswise — The cradle of palaeontology – the study of fossil remains of…
[ad_1] Newswise — The fossils were found 40 years ago in north-eastern France. An international team of palaeontologists from the Naturkunde-Museum Bielefeld in Germany,…
[ad_1] New research confirms that fossil human footprints in New Mexico are likely the oldest direct evidence of human presence in the Americas, a…
[ad_1] NEW ORLEANS — Louisiana folklorist Nick Spitzer and Mississippi blues musician R.L. Boyce are among nine 2023 National Heritage Fellows set to be…
[ad_1] LIMA, Peru — Some archaeologists describe Peru’s capital as an onion with many layers of history, others consider it a box of surprises.…
[ad_1] LIMA, Peru — Some archaeologists describe Peru’s capital as an onion with many layers of history, others consider it a box of surprises.…
[ad_1] BYLINE: Laura Thomas Newswise — Plesiosaurs gained their famous long necks rapidly, researchers have shown. Their lengthy necks, used for chasing fast-moving fishes,…
[ad_1] Newswise — A new study led by Archaeologist Michelle Bebber, Ph.D., an assistant professor in Kent State University’s Department of Anthropology, has demonstrated…
[ad_1] Newswise — A system of ancient ceramic water pipes, the oldest ever unearthed in China, shows that neolithic people were capable of complex…
[ad_1] Bodies of dozens of children who died at a Native American boarding school have been lost for decades, a mystery that archeologists aim…
[ad_1] Newswise — Researchers at the UCL Institute of Archaeology have discovered some of the largest early prehistoric stone tools in Britain. The excavations,…
[ad_1] Newswise — Markings on a cave wall in France are the oldest known engravings made by Neanderthals, according to a study published June…
