The first Denisovan skull, an ancient hunter’s toolkit and a Roman man’s brain that has turned to glass: here are our picks ...

A new study published in the Journal of World Prehistory reveals that some of humanity's earliest artistic representations of ...

A remarkably intact pottery vessel dating back more than 10,000 years has been recovered from the depths of Lake Biwa, Japan, marking one of the oldest and most significant ceramic discoveries in ...

A previously unknown early medieval settlement has been unearthed in Suffolk during preparatory work for an offshore wind ...

The remains of a previously unknown early medieval settlement have been unearthed during works ahead of an offshore wind farm ...

Researchers have discovered the earliest known instance of human-created fire, which took place in the east of England 400,000 years ago. The new discovery, in the village of Barnham, pushes the ...

Archaeologists have discovered what may be the earliest evidence of deliberate fire-making.

The twin lakes, known as Zerelia, in Greece are rare examples of bodies of water that were formed from the cataclysmic impact of a meteorite.

Based on a comprehensive study, researchers are now convinced the shafts were human-made, likely dug during the Late ...

Today, the Arabian Gulf is home to manatee-like marine mammals called dugongs that shape the seafloor as they graze on ...

Scientists have discovered the oldest-known evidence of fire-making by prehistoric humans in the English county of Suffolk - ...

For more than a century, the origins and migrations of Austronesian peoples have been a significant subject of international ...