As waves of humans left Africa tens of thousands of years ago, eventually populating the entire planet, they were joined on ...

Artifacts from 9,000 feet up are rewriting what we thought we knew about the earliest inhabitants of North America.

One of the unresolved mysteries about the history of the Americas is when the first people arrived. Despite extensive debate ...

A chopping wound above the eye and more carnage solve a mystery that stumped archeologists for a century.

Fragmented bones and skull pieces found in hearths, beneath floors and in other domestic settings in early Scandinavian ...

To the ancient Romans, epilepsy was a contagious disease caused by evil spirits or demonic possession, and there was only one ...

Eighteen of 46 skulls from subsidiary burials at Abydos showed potentially lethal injuries inflicted near the time of death.

The Indigenous African Hadza and South American Tsimane share gut microorganisms that shed light on human dispersals and ...

The microbiome isn’t what it used to be in many parts of the world. The shift of species may be affecting the well-being of ...

Ancient U.S. mounds hold enduring mysteries. L.A. Marzulli explores their possible connection to the biblical Nephilim.