Also known as Norte Chico, the Caral civilization existed almost 5,000 years ago, placing the Andean culture alongside the ...

Once dismissed as “junk” DNA, ancient viruses embedded in the human genome play a key role in early human development, ...

Recent discoveries have sparked a wave of excitement and intrigue among scientists and the public alike, as evidence suggests ...

Archaeologists are taking another look at tattoos on preserved corpses and verifying ancient techniques with modern tattoo artists.

An ancient Norwegian cult site was active until the time a landslide struck in roughly 800 B.C. Since then, nobody has known ...

A new study suggests an enzyme unique to Homo sapiens may have made us more competitive water seekers than our closest ...

Fossilized teeth show that two different kinds of ancient human ancestors coexisted more than 2 million years ago. One of ...

A newly discovered 460-million-year-old trilobite showed signs of being shaped and flattened—the first indication that ancient Romans purposely collected and modified the tiny fossils.

Ayurveda, an ancient Indian system, is gaining traction in modern science as researchers explore its principles and remedies ...

The Histories by Herodotus (484BC to 425BC) offers a remarkable window into the world as it was known to the ancient Greeks in the mid-fifth century BC.

Homework written by a school kid in ancient Egypt has been preserved since the second century A.D. And the words on the slab may sound familiar to any kid whose parents worry about them falling in ...