Volunteers were baffled recently when they unearthed not one but two ancient shoes at a historic British site.

Archaeological findings in a Mallorca cesspit recently showed that thrushes were common fast food in Ancient Rome, alongside ...

Scientists have recovered genetic material from a skull found in northeastern China, which they say reveals the most complete ...

A new species of ancient lizard is discovered in Utah. The lizard, named Bolg amondol, lived 75 million years ago. It was ...

A new line of evidence is providing further corroboration of the antiquity of fossilized footprints discovered at White Sands ...

Ancient home foundations found in central China are the first of their kind to be unearthed. Xianyang Institute of Cultural ...

Fifteen years after the discovery of a new type of human, the Denisovan, scientists discovered its DNA in a fossilized skull.

A Denisovan skull has been identified for the first time. The find was based on proteins and calcified dental plaque ...

From prehistoric sunscreen to a brain that turned to glass, we've learned some surprising new facts about human history ...

A giant, strong-jawed salamander once tunneled through ancient Tennessee soil. And thanks to a fossil unearthed near East ...

Ancient Greek city of Finziade in Italy yielded discoveries of clay molds, a shrine, a statuette, and a dice like those used ...

Who would have thought that ancient marine life would be found in Kentucky? The Longest Cave in the World. Kentucky's Mammoth ...