ARCHAEOLOGY

An 11-Year-Old Boy Discovers 1.8-Million-Year-Old Elephant Tooth on Suffolk Beach An 11-year-old boy in Suffolk, England, discovered a 1.8-million-year-old elephant tooth on East Lane beach in Bawdsey, according to a …

Scientists Identify Oldest Known Plague Outbreak in Siberian Hunter-Gatherers Researchers have uncovered evidence of the earliest confirmed plague outbreak, dating back 5,500 years, among hunter-gatherer communities near Lake Baikal in …

Ancient Art Reclaimed: New Dating Confirms Paleolithic Origins of Bacon Hole Cave Markings For nearly a century, the markings inside a cave in south Wales were dismissed by many as …

Ancient “Syphilis-Like” Disease in Vietnam Challenges Key Scientific Assumptions New research on prehistoric skeletons from Vietnam is reshaping scientific understanding of ancient disease, showing that congenital signs once thought to …

Human Evolution Continues: Natural Selection Favors Red Hair and Other Traits in Recent History Contrary to the belief that human evolution stalled with the advent of agriculture, a landmark study …

Beyond Survival: How 15,000-Year-Old Clay Ornaments Redefine Early Human Creativity For decades, the prevailing narrative of human evolution suggested that complex symbolic expression was a late-stage development, often tied to …

Uncovering the Hidden Branches of Ancient Northern East Asian Lineages Recent genetic breakthroughs are reshaping our understanding of human evolution in Asia. From the discovery of previously unknown lineages near …

67,800-Year-Old Hand Stencil Rewrites History of Rock Art and Human Migration A 67,800-year-old hand stencil discovered in a cave on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi is now recognized as the …

# The Rise and Fall of Ancient Cities: Lessons for Today New research reveals that the forces pulling people into cities, and pushing them back out, have deep past roots, …