During excavations on Lolland, archaeologists found a 5,700-year-old type of "chewing gum" made from birch pitch

Rapanui people likely believed the ancient monoliths helped food grow on the Polynesian island, study reveals

The rarity of the find suggests that the human teeth were imbued with profound symbolic meaning for the people who wore them

Researchers from Cairo University work with teams at Berkeley Lab's Advanced Light Source to study soil and bone samples dating back 4,000 years

An international team seeks to integrate diverse voices, experiences, and expertise into the scientific practices of ancient DNA research and foster better collaboration with indigenous communities

Modern humans evolved in Africa, and we now know that human groups from all over the continent contributed to that process. A group of scientists says that means it is time to stop arguing about where in Africa humans 'really' came from

Geneticists, archaeologists, and anthropologists from North America, Europe, Central Asia, and South Asia analyzed the genomes of 524 never before-studied ancient individuals

Researchers trace back the origin of this group to a small benthic shark from the Middle Jurassic 

Major shifts in temperature and rainfall caused the disappearance of communities long before 1492, researchers have found

A chemical residue study of incense burners from ancient burials at high elevations in western China has revealed psychoactive cannabinoids