Archaeologists uncovered a 150,000-year-old shelter in Tajikistan, offering new insights into human evolution.

The last time this comet passed Earth, Neanderthals populated the planet, hunting with stone tools. Now, Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS has been photographed on its journey around the sun by humans ...

Scientists have uncovered 15,000-year-old medicinal herbs, shedding light on Stone Age health practices that echo today’s ...

For 60,000 years, the tribes of the Andaman Islands have lived undisturbed – but now their way of life is under threat ...

Eswatini in southern Africa is home to the world’s oldest ochre mine. A new study dates that mine to a full 48,000 years ago.

Our ancestors probably used a wide range of plant-based tools that have since been lost to history. Now we're finally getting a glimpse of this Botanic Age ...

Plague is caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis. The bubonic and septicemic forms — mainly infecting the lymph nodes and ...

Nearly 16,000-year-old portrayals of fish surrounded by nets had evaded detection until a new technique took magnification to a new level.

Ancient stone goods found across France may have been made by skilled craftspeople in what is now Paris, who traded along ...

Walking through a river valley in central Asia, a team of archaeologists scanned the craggy landscape for anything that ...

Oysters play a crucial role in the marine ecosystem as they filter water, create habitats and support the nutrient cycle.

Researchers have determined that grid-like patterns on schist slabs from Ice Age site of Gönnersdorf in Germany depict fish ...