The written word has always been fragile. Paper burns, scrolls decay, and ink fades under the weight of time. But what makes ...

Researchers have uncovered a previously unknown genetic history in Argentina that stretches back at least 10,000 years, offering the most detailed view yet of how ancient populations lived, mixed, and ...

In the vast desert of southwestern Libya, archaeologists uncovered a rare burial site that challenges long-standing assumptions about prehistoric human migrations. Among the 15 ancient individuals ...

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Wanda Urbanska and David Chaffetz met at Harvard in 1977 and were instantly attracted to each other. They reconnected during the pandemic. By Shivani Vora Wanda Marie Urbanska and David Carroll ...

Archaeologists uncover how early humans in Italy butchered elephants and forged survival from their bones 400,000 years ago. (Excavation at Casal Lumbroso.) Credit: Beniamino Mecozzi, CC-BY 4.0 ...

Are these some of the earliest weapons in human history? History Hit’s Tristan Hughes speaks to Dr Annemieke Milks, Researcher at the University of Reading, about the significance of the Schöningen ...