Meet Lucy's hunter, a massive, horned crocodile that likely terrorized early human ancestors in ancient Ethiopia.

Carbon that has been buried in the Congo Basin's peatlands for millennia is seeping into lakes and rivers. Why this is happening remains unclear, but researchers warn that tropical peatlands could be ...

In the collections of the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of Cambridge is a small copper-alloy tool from a cemetery at Badari in Upper Egypt. It is just 63 millimeters long ...

The Archimedes Palimpsest is a 10th-century Byzantine Greek manuscript that was overwritten in the 13th century with a Christian liturgical text. This practice of creating a palimpsest, or a reused ...

Statistical modeling revealed that mentions of needles and awls increase significantly in colder environments, confirming the role of sewing technology in thermoregulation and survival of ancient ...

The goldsmith Donna Distefano uses ancient metalsmithing techniques to create replica jewelry inspired by portraits at the ...

The research, published in Science Advances, brought together scientists from Otago and the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology. The team closely examined the molecular structure of Bas63, a ...

One of the hottest tickets in the Vatican’s backyard these days is for a four-lecture series on the Antichrist being given by ...

The newly described species Crocodylus lucivenator existed 3.4 to 3 million years ago in present-day Ethiopia, and looked similar to the American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus). While largely arid ...

The FIRST Lego League robotics competition returned to Guam on Saturday, showcasing elementary school students’ innovation, ...

Previously, the Chinese president has emphasized the importance of inheriting, developing, and utilizing this valuable legacy ...

A massive 7,000-year-old stone wall has been found underwater off the coast of Brittany. This ancient structure is France's largest underwater building. It shows early humans were skilled builders and ...