Researchers discovered that a 1746 Austrian mummy was embalmed with wood chips and zinc chloride, preserving internal tissues ...

From ethnographic accounts and ancient Mayan imagery, we know that the Maya engaged in various forms of body modification, ...

New research uncovers how two ancient hominids used their hands in unique ways for climbing, tool use, and movement.

A set of ancient wooden spears may be younger than scientists thought and wielded by Neanderthals instead of their ancestors.

Archaeologists working near Măgura Călanului hill in Romania have discovered a remarkably rare cache of iron tools dating ...

Both ancient human species showed signs of simultaneously using their hands to move around – such as by climbing trees – as ...

An earthquake in Croatia led to a chain of events that helped archaeologists recently discover an ancient Roman theater, officials say. Croatia’s Ministry of Culture and Media announced the find ...

Ancient snail shells helped archeologists re-evaluate the age ... likely the last common ancestor of both early modern humans and Neanderthals, possessed both the tools and techniques necessary for ...

Long Zhen, director of the Jinyang Ancient City Research Institute of the Taiyuan Cultural Relics Protection Research Institute, says, according to a translation from the state-run news outlet ...

In ancient Egypt, the heart was considered the most important organ, as it was thought to be the location of a person's intelligence and memory. After a person died, their heart was weighed by Ma ...

Archaeologists have, for the first time, identified what appear to be tools used by the ancient Maya for tattooing, according ...