These particular corpses had been “intensively manipulated” to extract all tissues and make use of “their caloric ...

Exciting discoveries from archaeological sites predating the Clovis culture pose new questions about how, when, and by whom ...

Evidence suggests ancient civilizations, including the Greeks, may have had early optical knowledge and devices like ...

Explore the intriguing findings from the Maszycka Cave in Poland. Discover the evidence of ancient humans being consumed by ...

Archaeological evidence shows the Magdalenian people from 18,000 years ago likely were engaged in cannibalism. As part of the ...

Visitors and staff at Zoo Knoxville are mourning the passing of the oldest rhinoceros in the United States. Dolly was a ...

The majority of the beads were found in a large cavern, worn by mostly female skeletons estimated to be between the ages 18 ...

Archaeologists discovered Bronze Age footprints near Pompeii, showing people and animals fleeing a Vesuvius eruption some 4,000 years ago.

Dan Buettner, an expert on the world's 'Blue Zones', suggests that drinking a popular beverage in Ireland before noon could ...

A study of skeletons from a cave in Poland has revealed widespread evidence of cut marks and fractures suggestive of ...

Final analysis of 9,000-year-old ancient DNA published June 18 shows The Ancient One is indeed an ancestor of present day Native Americans—as Indians have said all along. The journal Nature is ...

A team of archaeologists, paleontologists, and historians from several institutions in Spain, Germany, and Poland, has found ...