A tiny bird figurine discovered in a refuse heap in the Henan province of China is changing what historians thought they knew ...
​​Rivers may seem as old as the hills, but they have life cycles just like other natural features do. Many grow and make ...
A team of scholars identified the oldest intentional human cremation, dramatically expanding what archaeologists know about early hunter-gatherer practices.
Burned bone fragments found in northern Malawi have revealed the oldest cremation pyre ever found in Africa — and unearthed ...
The 9,500-year-old remains of a woman in Malawi have set a new record, marking Africa's oldest evidence of intentional ...
A modern analysis of 7-million-year-old remains suggest this mysterious ancient primate is the oldest human ancestor ever found.
An ancient cremation would have been a community spectacle in a place returned to and reignited over many generations. What ...