Used by our early human ancestors around 430,000 years ago, the earliest known hand-held wooden tools have been uncovered by ...

The findings represent the oldest complete set of genetic information from this bacterial group and shed light on its ...

The Natural History Museum is marking a milestone anniversary this year for one of its most popular community events as the ...

Archaeologists working in southern Greece have identified wooden tools that appear to be the oldest of their kind ever found.

Archaeologists in central China have uncovered evidence that early humans were far more inventive than long assumed. Excavations at the Xigou site reveal advanced stone tools, including the earliest ...

A 5,500-year-old skeleton from Colombia has revealed the oldest known genome of the bacterium linked to syphilis and related ...

Ancient tools from central China are flipping the script, revealing early humans were far more innovative than history once gave them credit for.

The finding, along with the discovery of a 500,000-year-old hammer made of bone, indicates that our human ancestors were ...

Dubey’s appointment also makes her the first woman officer to be inducted into the AAI Board, an achievement being hailed ...

Archaeologists uncovered 70,000-year-old handle implements in China, reshaping views of early human technology and innovation in East Asia.

At some point in the deep past, humans may have come frighteningly close to disappearing altogether. Here’s what we know, ...

History podcasts offer millions of listeners what classrooms and textbooks often cannot: making the past feel urgent, human ...