An archaeologist working on the dig told the New York Times that they found the remains of 26 people, along with a half-eaten ...

Human history feels straightforward when seen in textbooks. A neat timeline with a clear rise from simple tools to complex cities. But archaeology keeps disturbing that picture slowly and quietly.

The Toba supereruption 74,000 years ago was so massive it may have plunged Earth into years of darkness and cold, leading some scientists to believe humanity nearly went extinct. Yet archaeological ...

A hidden Gibraltar cave sealed for 40,000 years has revealed a rare Neanderthal time capsule. Scientists uncovered a chamber ...

More than a century ago, Albert Einstein developed his famous theory of relativity. The idea that space and time are linked together means that time travel might be possible … one day, once physicists ...

Fire leaves behind a simple story when it is fresh. Ash settles, bones blacken, wood chars. Over a million years later, that ...

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The latest findings come from the first independent investigation of the Monte Verde site in 50 years—and the implications are paradigm-shifting. Reading time 6 minutes The 1977 discovery of the Monte ...

Archaeologists work at the Xianrendong site in Huadian, Jilin province, part of a cluster of sites in Jilin listed among China’s top 10 archaeological discoveries of 2025, which were announced in ...