University of Tübingen-led international research team investigates how our ancestors used the best material to make stone tools
People living in ancient Eastern Arabia appear to have developed resistance to malaria following the appearance of agriculture in the region around five thousand years ago
Plant seed and fruit analysis from Tell es-Safi/Gath, the biblical home of Goliath, sheds unprecedented light on Philistine ritual practices
Did Neanderthals use glue? Analysis of 40,000-year old tools reveals surprisingly sophisticated construction
In 1274, King Magnus VI, the Law Mender, united the entire Norwegian kingdom under one common law: the Code of the Realm
Ancient DNA analysis reveals six cases of Down syndrome, three of which were from the Iberian Peninsula’s Iron Age, in Navarre
14,500 to 10,500 years ago, prehistoric peoples harvesting vegetation from the Shubayqa wetlands of eastern Jordan created a habitat for birds
Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University crafted replica stone age tools and used them for a range of tasks to see how different activities create traces on the edge
Neolithic groups from the south of the Iberian Peninsula first settled in San Fernando (Cadiz) 6,200 years ago, according to a new study published in Archaeological and Anthropological Science
How Chinese migrants in Los Angeles Chinatown gained self-reliance: a new study shows these early migrants overcame economic barriers by raising pigs
