Here are 10 major findings about human ancestors and our close ancient relatives that scientists announced in 2025. A handful of teeth found at the Ledi-Geraru site in Ethiopia suggest that diverse ...

A mystery that started with the discovery of a pinkie finger bone in Denisova Cave in the Altai Mountains of southern Siberia may finally have been cracked.

Centuries of excavations have unearthed a few theories about what really brought down one of the oldest cities in the ancient ...

Ancient Nubian civilizations practiced something that might shock modern sensibilities - they tattooed the faces of infants and toddlers as young as seven months old. A new study using advanced ...

This episode explores the eerie question: how does an entire civilization just disappear? From thriving cities to complex ...

From Nordic lullabies to Grimm’s fairytales, the wolf has always haunted the edges of human history. Even today, wolves would ...

They also added that these findings provide new insights into human migration, technological exchange, and the early contacts ...

Ancient Nubians who lived between the 7th and 9th centuries tattooed the cheeks and foreheads of their infants and toddlers.

The wisdom of water runs deep in Chinese culture. In 2014, at a welcoming banquet during the 22nd APEC Economic Leaders' ...

Yale University researchers have found trace amounts of opium jars in an ancient Egyptian vessel, proving that opium use was widespread in the land of the pharaoh — including during the time of King ...

Long before whales and sharks, enormous marine reptiles dominated the oceans with unmatched power. Scientists have ...

Over 8,000 years ago, early farming communities in northern Mesopotamia were already thinking mathematically—long before ...