Ancient footprints upend timeline of humans’ arrival in North America. New evidence adds to work showing people made these prints sometime between 21,000 and 23,000 years ago.

Excavations on unpromising mounds in the Iraqi desert revealed Sumer’s earliest city. Surviving relics and a rebuilt temple have given experts more clues about the ancient metropolis of Eridu.

New study introduces a pioneering application of dolomite U-Pb geochronology, shedding new light on the evolution of ancient marine environments. By uncovering discrepancies in dolomite samples U ...

Remnants of Neanderthal DNA in modern genomes have long prompted questions about interspecies mating. Two studies shed light on when that occurred — and when ancient humans left Africa.

Dating mineral deposits in a flooded cave reveals that humans reached Mallorca over 5,000 years ago.