The first partial skull of a child of Homo naledi begins to give us insight into all stages of life of this remarkable species
In western Europe, the contested region is the Iberian Peninsula, considered the last region to be occupied by modern humans as they spread throughout Eurasia
Archaeologists have mapped Karakorum, the capital of the Mongolian Empire using advanced geophysical methods
Underwater Archaeologists have discovered a Maya canoe during works for the Maya Train, a multi-billion-dollar project through five southern Mexican states
To their great surprise, the researchers found that the Tarim Basin mummies were not newcomers to the region at all, but rather appear to be direct descendants of a once widespread Pleistocene population that had largely disappeared by the end of the last Ice Age
The find transforms previous understanding of Mesoamerican civilization origins and the relationship between the Olmec and the Maya people
Footprints left by pre-humans, dating back at least six million years ago has been identified by researchers on the island of Crete
Felled trees and cosmic rays reveal when L’Anse aux Meadows was occupied
Bronze Age riders trotted out their new mounts in the western Eurasian steppe
Penn State researchers have used satellite data to identify areas in coastal southwest Madagascar where indigenous foragers altered their surroundings
A diver swimming off the HaCarmal coast in Haifa, Israel, has discovered a crusader sword dating from 900 years ago
A new work published in the journal Quaternary Science Reviews, led by the Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH) in collaboration with the Centre National de Recherches Préhistoriques, Anthropologiques et Historiques (CNRPAH) (Algeria), describes the most recent advances in the current investigation performed in the valley of Oued Boucherit, located about 20 km…