In a groundbreaking discovery that upends prior understandings of ancient Scottish history, archaeologists have unearthed ...

Ancient hunter-gatherers built monumental mounds at Kaillachuro in Peru without kings, rewriting history of "monumental ...

Old Wooden Tools in East Asia Unveil New Details About Life of Hominins in Paleolithic Period New insights into ancient East ...

Newly uncovered wooden tools from Pleistocene China reveal complex, plant-focused technology far earlier than expected in East Asia. Researchers working at the Pleistocene-era Gantangqing site in ...

Early Hohokam lived in pithouses dug into the ground with walls made of wood, brush, and clay. These partly underground homes ...

Rice is difficult to grow in the Pacific, so how did it end up in a cave? Archaeologists reveal the hidden history of this ancient and well-travelled grain.

An ancient temple hidden in Bolivia’s highlands is reshaping how archaeologists understand the Tiwanaku civilization, a ...

Fisherman in Brazil’s Amazon uncovers seven pre-Columbian funeral urns, offering rare insight into ancient burial practices ...

In a new study published today in Science Advances, my colleagues and I have uncovered the earliest evidence of rice in the ...

Hundreds of acres in Michigan are covered in parallel rows of earth that are the remains of an ancient Native American agricultural system. The surprise find has archaeologists amazed.

Hundreds of acres in Michigan are covered in parallel rows of earth that are the remains of an ancient Native American agricultural system. The surprise find has archaeologists amazed.