Scientists have found genetic evidence of an ancient group of people in Colombia with no modern-day descendants. It’s as if ...

In a new study published today in Science Advances, my colleagues and I have uncovered the earliest evidence of rice in the Pacific Islands—at an ancient cave site on Guam in the Mariana Islands of ...

With many mysterious ancient sites in the US worth visiting, it's likely we'll keep seeing new baffling discoveries. Each of these unusual ancient finds represents a unique window into America's ...

No list of the greatest archaeological discoveries in America would be complete without mentioning the Cahokia Mounds.

Ancient footprints challenge the timeline of human arrival in North America, suggesting people were here much earlier than ...

An ancient society near the southern shores of Lake Titicaca in modern-day Bolivia was once one of the continent's most ...

New study confirms ancient human footprints in America date back 21,000 years, reshaping the history of early human presence.

The discovery of a prehistoric tail-shedding reptile reveals more about large lizard life and lineage during the Late ...

Every year brings new discoveries from ancient Egypt and 2024 was no exception. In this countdown, Live Science takes a look at 10 fascinating discoveries from the past year.

An ancient woman’s recently discovered, richly adorned gravesite is helping archeologists better understand the complex gender relationships in South America’s oldest known civilization ...

New techniques used to analyze soft tissue in dinosaur fossils may hold the key to new cancer discoveries. Researchers have analyzed dinosaur fossils using advanced paleoproteomic techniques, a ...

Deep in the frozen forests of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, archaeologists have uncovered one of the most surprising ...