Scientists Sequence 400,000-Year-Old Hominin DNA
Results show this ancient human had a common ancestor with Denisovans.
Digging Up George Washington’s Pre-Revolutionary War Kitchen
Remains of the U.S. Founding Father's pre-1775 kitchen emerge under the archaeologist's trowel at Mount Vernon, Virginia.
Scientists Push Back the Clock on Early Human Finds
New dating indicates early human fossils found in Turkana Basin, East Africa, are older than previously thought.
Archaeologists find more bodies at Durham University site
A mass grave emerges as archaeologists continue to dig in area of Durham Cathedral.
Exeter’s Roman Baths
An English city plans to re-expose early Roman baths.
Archaeologists Uncover Earliest Evidence of Birth of Buddha
The ancient timber structure links to Buddha nativity and confirms birth in the sixth century BCE.
Archaeologists Uncover One of Civilization’s Oldest Wine Cellars
Ancient Canaanite storage room contained forty large jars totaling 2,000 liters of sweet wine.
Fossil Fragments of Unknown Early Human Come Together
Potentially the biggest cache of early human fossils in one place emerge from a cave in South Africa.
Ancient Egyptians Used Organic Compounds to Embalm Meat Mummies
Meat victuals for the afterlife were prepared using diverse treatments, say researchers.
Story of the First Americans Unfolding Through DNA Research
From the first peopling of the Americas to European contact, genetic research sheds light on Native American history.
Study Reveals More Clues to Origins of Domesticated Dog
Genetic evidence traces domesticated dogs to Palaeolithic hunter-gatherers in Europe, suggest the researchers.
Research Allows Reconstruction of Pre-colonial Landscape in Eastern U.S.
It's all in the leaves.
Genetic Study Reveals New Insight into Origins of Our Species
Fast-mutating genomic regions provide keys to what set us apart from other primates.
Scientists Discover First Domestication of Cattle in China
Northeastern China joins Near East as earliest known location for cattle farming.
Study Sheds Light on Dawn of Agriculture in Far Northern Climes
Floods didn't provide nitrogen 'fix' for earliest crops in frigid North.
A Secret to the Building of the Forbidden City Revealed
Study shows Chinese used ice paths to move heavy stones in the 15th and 16th centuries.
Rare Early Biblical Manuscripts Return to View at Smithsonian’s Freer Gallery
Washington Codex and Old Testament Gospels Displayed in Whistler's Peacock Room
