A new study has finally provided a ‘definitive’ minimum age for one of Europe's most controversial hominin fossils.

Long before psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi introduced the term flow in the 20th century, ancient philosophers and spiritual teachers across civilizations had already identified and cultivated th ...

French archaeologists have uncovered horrifying evidence of Stone Age brutality in northeastern France, where 82 tortured and mutilated skeletons reveal one of the earliest documented examples of vict ...

New research has revealed that an extinct group of ancient humans called Denisovans passed down a crucial genetic inheritance that continues to benefit Indigenous American populations today.

Elise Smith/The ConversationThe recent publication of the University of Edinburgh’s Review of Race and History has drawn attention to its “skull room”: a collection of 1,500 human craniums procured fo ...

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Marie-Claire Beaulieu/The ConversationMany of us are heading to the beach to bask in the sun and unwind as part of our summer vacations.

A remarkable imperial stone inscription, tentatively dated to the Northern Wei Dynasty (386-534 AD), has been discovered carved into a natural granite boulder in the grasslands of Mongolia.

A new study argues that a 3,000-year-old hymn from the ancient Syrian port city of Ugarit shares remarkable musical patterns with sacred texts from ancient India, suggesting the existence of a global ...

In the shadowy mountains of ancient Mesopotamia, where the first empires clashed and legends were born, lived a people whose very name meant "cave dwellers", yet whose influence would echo through mil ...

A remarkable bronze warrior figurine has emerged from the soil of Bavaria, leading archaeologists to announce one of the most significant Celtic discoveries in recent years.

Archaeologists working at the UNESCO World Heritage site of Sardis in western Turkey have unearthed the remains of a monumental Lydian palace dating to the 8th century BC, a real breakthrough in our u ...