This cave was sealed off like someone wanted it forgotten forever. But once it was opened, the signs were undeniable that ancient people once lived inside. The deeper the team went, the more shocking ...

Researchers baffled by what the famous Kennewick man ate, and didn't eat. — -- Researchers studying the bones of an ancient skeleton in Washington state have uncovered an interesting twist to the ...

Long before farming took hold, ancient Indigenous peoples of the American Southwest were already shaping the future of a wild ...

Ancient stone structures on the West Coast are helping experts understand more about historic food practices, according to groundbreaking scientific research. In a recent interview with Fox News ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This image provided by William Usaquen and Andrea Casas-Vargas shows the high plains in Bogota, Colombia where a new group of ...

Cleanliness in ancient societies was never just about comfort. It signaled status, health, and the everyday discipline of life in dusty cities and river valleys. Without modern plumbing or packaged ...

Ancient bones, artifacts and texts offer numerous insights into the past, as does the chewing gum that Neolithic people chewed on and spat out long ago. Analysis of lumps of birch bark tar from ...

Examination of an ancient alabaster vase in the Yale Peabody Museum’s Babylonian Collection has revealed traces of opiates, providing the clearest evidence to date of broad opium use in ancient ...

When archaeologists study how ancient civilizations traveled, they can use evidence like wagons and stables and roads to understand how goods and people moved on land. But when they want to learn ...

A study of genomes from ancient Siberian people shows genetic linkages with people living in Estonia, Finland and Hungary today. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Scientists have identified a new pod of ancient hunter-gatherers who lived near the land bridge between North America and South America about 6,000 years ago. Researchers are still charting how human ...