Early modern humans cooked starchy food in South Africa 170,000 years ago
The discovery also points to food being shared and the use of wooden digging sticks to extract the plants from the ground.
Large scale feasts at ancient capital of Ulster drew crowds from across Iron Age Ireland
Study explores scale of human mobility through analysis of animal bones.
Ancient Mediterranean seawall first known defense against sea level rise and it failed
7,000-year-old seawall in Tel Hreiz, Israel reveals earliest known structure built against sea level rise and provides new insights into current battle with flooding threat.
Researchers determine age for last known settlement by a direct ancestor to modern humans
New dating documents the last known presence of Homo erectus on the planet.
Archaeologists find Bronze Age tombs lined with gold
The family tombs are near the 2015 site of the 'Griffin Warrior,' a military leader buried with armor, weapons and jewelry.
Analysis points to ancient Maya prisoners of war
Researcher at the University of Bonn investigates bones from the 1,400-year-old Maya mass grave of Uxul.
Inbreeding and population/demographic shifts could have led to Neanderthal extinction
Neanderthal extinction could have occurred without environmental pressure or competition with modern humans.
