Ancient DNA has revealed that hunter-gatherers in Belgium, the Netherlands and nearby parts of Germany adapted to farming thousands of years later than elsewhere in Europe. It has also uncovered the pivotal role of...

Seabird guano fueled sociopolitical expansion on Peru’s coast before the Inca.

As drought and rising organizational demands for larger hunting operations hit at the same time, ancient hunters adapted to severe droughts by shifting the way and where they hunted, study shows.

Keck Medicine of USC scans and analyzes two Egyptian mummies to reveal new details about their lifespans, health and life experiences.

How remote sensing in archaeology and aerial LiDAR are helping researchers find lost cities and ancient infrastructure without disturbing sites.

Study reports the earliest genetic diagnosis in humans and provides new insight into rare diseases in prehistory.

Human evolution is as much about the human face as it is about brain expansion, bipedalism, hand evolution, and other anatomical features of the human body.