A major archaeological discovery at Sturgeon Lake First Nation in Canada is challenging long-held ideas about life in early ...

Is it possible that another civilization existed before us? That's the question posited by the Silurian Hypothesis.

Researchers who analyzed genomes from early medieval graves in modern-day Germany hypothesize that people from the former ...

Animals maintain complex cultures, communication systems, infrastructure, and intergenerational knowledge, writes Ryan Huling ...

Researchers have deciphered a collection of cuneiform writing from the earliest civilizations of the Near East. The analysis ...

The ancient city of Napata, located in what is now northern Sudan, stood for centuries as a powerful urban and cultural center of the Kingdom of Kush. A new study explains how the city owed its ...

From Herodotus’ Persians to Cyrus and Darius, Iran’s legacy survives war threats and empire logic. A history lesson on ...

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A piece of prehistoric jewellery, discovered in a West Country cave, is helping to shed new light on Stone Age Europe's most spectacular culture. Known as the Magdalenian, that 21,000 to 13,000 year ...

For decades, humans have scanned for signals of alien technology emanating through the galaxy. The search highlights the contradiction between the abundance of planets and stars that stretch across ...

Ceremonial digging stick or paddle from coastal Peru showing seabirds and possible maize sprouting from abstracted fish and stepped-terrace motifs. Credit: The Met Museum 1979.206.1025. Seabird guano ...

Popular strategy game Civilization VII is set to launch on Apple Arcade tomorrow, allowing ‌Apple Arcade‌ subscribers to play on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Sid Meier's Civilization VII ‌Apple Arcade‌ ...