Two artifacts found at a lake shore in Greece are the oldest wooden tools to be uncovered so far and date back 430,000 years.

These 430,000-year-old wooden tools from Greece are a rare find and provide a glimpse at the technical know-how of our early ...

Earth's first large land organisms—tree trunk-like beings that stood up to 26 feet tall—weren't early fungi but, rather, ...

Gum makers have claimed, for decades, chewing is good for your mental health. They’re kind of on to something. Humans have chewed on gum for millennia. Scientists are still trying to figure out why.

Archaeologists recently uncovered the remains of a long-lost medieval village, thanks to pre-construction excavations for an offshore wind farm project. On Dec. 9, Wessex Archaeology announced its ...

Archaeologists have played shell trumpets from Neolithic Catalonia, revealing they were highly effective for long-distance communication and possibly among the earliest musical instruments in Europe.

Archaeologists working at an excavation site in Pompeii have uncovered new evidence that helps explain why ancient Roman buildings have lasted for thousands of years. The discovery points to a special ...

A stone tablet with cuneiform writing found in Kateřinská Cave. Credit: Cave Administration of the Czech Republic A stone fragment bearing ancient carvings in Hittite style and one of the world’s ...

Using cutting-edge DNA analysis, scientists at London’s Natural History Museum have uncovered the true identity and origins of the Beachy Head Woman. Marsh explained, “We show she carries genetic ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new reconstruction of how the Beachy Head Woman would have looked - Face Lab/Liverpool John Moores University An ancient woman ...

An ancient woman thought to have hailed from sub-Saharan Africa and therefore to have been the first known Black Briton actually had fairer skin and was from southern England, researchers using new ...