Ancient DNA analysis reveals that sheep were domesticated over 11,000 years ago in the Fertile Crescent. By 8,000 years ago, ...

As iron ore was abundant in south India, our ancestors’ brains figured out how to use it while the rest of the world ...

A skeleton of a man who was a victim of the Santorini volcano -- and his dog -- were found this week by archaeologists in Turkey.

The half-buried Bronze Age ruins of Dmanisis Gora perch on a windswept promontory a few kilometers away from a cave where Homo erectus (or a close relative) lived 1.8 million years ago.

Drone mapping reveals large-scale Bronze Age settlement in Caucasus Dmanisis Gora’s defensive wall changes understanding of ancient settlemen Drone tech uncovers new insights into ancient population ...

Did the Trojan War really happen? Scholars continue to debate this, but establishing the true chronology of the legend might be the solution.

In the history of humanity, early settlements provide a fascinating glimpse into the development of civilization. One such ...

Bronze Age Europeans earned and spent money in much the same way as we do today, indicating that the origins of the “market economy” are far more ancient than expected. That is the ...

Ancient DNA research in the past decade has revealed that European population structure changed dramatically in the prehistoric period (14,000–3000 years before present, YBP), reflecting the ...