An Austrian site occupied by humans from around 24,000 to 20,000 years ago documents a switch towards hunting reindeer for ...

Archaeologists in Peru said Thursday they found the 5,000-year-old remains of a noblewoman at the sacred city of Caral, ...

Scientists revisited tracks made by a shorebird, a lizard, a cat-like predator and some sort of large herbivore at what is ...

The inhabitants of Carthage were long thought to have derived from Levantine Phoenicians. But an eight-year study suggests ...

This fossil is 13 million years older than any ant fossil found before—and reveals a sophisticated predator that lived alongside the dinosaurs.

Excavations on unpromising mounds in the Iraqi desert revealed Sumer’s earliest city. Surviving relics and a rebuilt temple ...

Imagine drifting through a prehistoric sea more than 500 million years ago. The water teems with bizarre creatures, but none ...

Earth’s history is filled with incredible milestones, and the emergence of the first animals is one of the most captivating.

Aberystwyth has medieval roots that can be seen to this day alongside the more noticeable features of the town’s Victorian ...

For years, a mysterious fossil specimen defied categorization, until one paleontologist made a surprising discovery.

Llandovery is a charming market town in Carmarthenshire, Wales, that's packed with history and has a surprising claim to fame - here's why you should visit.

In a quiet part of what is now South Australia, more than half a billion years ago, life was locked in battle. The ocean ...