A key chemical in urine can help make a high-value mineral for use in medicine, construction, and more - cheaply and ...

Experts believe the modified stalagmites are evidence of a planned occupation of the caves by ancient societies.

While humans had long survived in savanna and forests, they shifted into everything from dense rainforests to arid deserts in ...

Humans are the only animal that lives in virtually every possible environment, from rainforests to deserts to tundra.

Neanderthals have long been the subject of intense scientific debate. This is largely because we still lack clear answers to ...

Researchers studying the remains of a prehistoric woman who lived around 10,500 years ago in what is now Belgium have ...

A construction project to upgrade a sewer conveyance system in Canada led to the discovery of an archaeological site ...

Archaeologists have assembled the “world’s most difficult jigsaw puzzle” to reveal huge frescoes that once adorned a luxury ...

Utility workers excavating trenches to expand the network of natural gas pipelines in Peru’s capital have uncovered a ...

About 70,000 years ago in Africa, humans expanded into more extreme environments, a new study finds, setting the stage for our global migration.

Evidence of the permanent impact of smoking on people's teeth has been uncovered by researchers for the first time.

The shoe “was intact from toe to heel and immediately drew impressed gasps from volunteers and staff alike,” writes Rachel ...