Forty years after the first effort to extract mummy DNA, researchers have finally generated a full genome sequence from an ...

A new DNA model suggests humans didn't reach Australia until 50,000 years ago, but archaeological data disagrees.

An analysis of the provenance of the Matarrubilla stone, a large megalith at Valencina in Spain, indicates that the ...

June saw the loss of several influential figures in music, sports, and beyond. Brian Wilson was the creative force behind The ...

In the north of the country, a village that has been isolated from the outside world for centuries is suffering from the ...

In 1988, archaeologists uncovered the grave of a Mesolithic woman who lived in Belgium's Meuse Valley 10,500 years ago. At ...

With their potent blend of wild looks and mystery, Britain’s ancient sites have an enduring magnetism — and there are far more of them than you might imagine.

Archaeologists have reconstructed the face of a Stone Age Belgian woman and found that she had blue eyes and a dark complexion, shedding more light on the ancestry of modern Europeans. The prehistoric ...

THE real age of an EastEnders legend has been revealed as she celebrated her birthday after being axed from soap. The actress ...

Civilizations from Stone Age Scotland to the eighth-century Maya to 13th-century African empires have used dry stone walling ...

A new study from SapienCE reveals that early modern humans at Blombos Cave in South Africa used ochre as a specialized tool for stone toolmaking during the Middle Stone Age, demonstrating advanced ...

The facial reconstruction, part of the university’s Regional Outlook on Ancient Migration (ROAM) project, reveals that the ...