Learn how genomes from 28 ancient individuals show that Homo sapiens lived in southern Africa in near isolation for hundreds ...

Seven 115,000-year-old human footprints have been discovered, preserved in an ancient lakebed in Saudi Arabia.

A uniquely preserved prehistoric mudhole could hold the oldest-ever human footprints on the Arabian Peninsula, scientists say ...

The 12,000-year-old Göbekli Tepe site in Turkey is often called the “zero point of history”, said The Archaeologist. But ...

New research reveals ancient humans in southern Africa lived in isolation for nearly 100,000 years. This led to unique ...

Archaic humans living in the Levant around 120,000 years ago were highly selective hunters who carefully targeted prime-aged female wild cattle, rather than engaging in the mass hunting events that ...

George McJunkin (1851–1922) was an African American cowboy, rancher and amateur archaeologist whose extraordinary discovery transformed the understanding of prehistoric human history in North America.

Archaeologists say the idea that our ancient ancestors survived on nothing but meat – and that the “carnivore” fad diet ...

A monumental archaeological discovery in northern China is reshaping what we know about early human settlement and society.

Archaeological research once again dispells the widespread belief that our Paleolithic ancestors were primarily meat-eaters, ...