Archaeology/Human History
A high-tech dental analysis of a 2-million-year-old hominid from South Africa indicates it had a unique diet that included trees, bushes and fruits.
Research suggests that ancient granites made advanced life possible.
Ancient ocean chemistry changes may be responsible for remarkable period in the history of life on Earth.
Tool use scarred the bones of their prey, but so did other factors.
A rare astronomical alignment may have doomed the famous ocean liner.
Researchers present evidence of sophisticated sonic illusions in ancient sites around the world.
Researchers deconstruct the physics of a revered centuries-old process: writing with a fountain pen.
The strategies of two teams engaged in the early 20th-century race to the pole shape their modern-day legacies.
Reconstruction of ancient Arizona eruption shows how local peoples survived, thrived.
A new technique offers evidence of early seafaring traders in the Aegean Sea.
Marine sea-life themes permeate the rock carvings near an abandoned Mormon settlement in the southwestern US.