Two thousand years ago the Mediterranean Sea was a haven for two species of whale that have since virtually disappeared from the North Atlantic

Two competing theories about the human occupation of Southeast Asia have been debunked by ground-breaking analysis of ancient DNA extracted from 8,000-year-old skeletons

University of Cincinnati researchers found the soils in New Mexico could support agriculture, suggesting the people who lived there 1,000 years ago were self-sufficient

The "virtual" revisiting of a fossil described as "the oldest evidence of human evolution in South Africa" shows surprising results

Researchers reassess the chronology of the archaeological site of Anzick

A pair of 3,800-year-old skeletons buried together in Russia test positive for a strain of the plague-causing bacterium Yersinia pestis

Archaeologists revealed variations in the radiocarbon cycle at certain periods of time, affecting frequently cited standards 

How do you put a 13-ton hat on a giant statue? That's what a team of researchers is trying to figure out with their study of Easter Island statues

Previous analysis of Mesolithic skeletal remains in this region has suggested a more varied Mediterranean diet 

A team from the Université libre de Bruxelles's centre for archaeological research has completed a significant excavation in Pachacamac, Peru