Two different groups migrated to what become Australia and New Guinea 60,000 years ago, and researchers are only just ...

The discovery of the settlements over the years has led to a new understanding of the Asia Minor and Anatolia regions.

As far as kitchen staples, you don’t really get much better than olive oil. It can do it all—jazz up a salad, sauté ...

The oldest evidence for human ancestors using fire, dating back to between 1 million and 1.5 million years ago, comes from a ...

A group of scientists are studying the Cyclades, an island group in Greece's Aegean Sea, looking for signs of early human ...

Archaeologists say they have found the oldest known instance of fire setting, a key moment in human evolution.

Concrete was the foundation of the Roman Empire. For centuries, researchers have tried to uncover the secret behind the ...

Clues from a digital reconstruction of a lavish ancient home are changing how researchers understand Pompeii’s elite.

What archaeological discoveries are considered newsworthy by U.S. media outlets and audiences? A new analysis of "pop-science" reporting reveals topical and regional disparities, including an apparent ...

Archaeologists in France found a hidden hoard of Roman coins buried beneath a village with ancient roots.

Scholars have long debated how the massive stone figures of Rapa Nui got to where they stand today. A new study offers one ...

Olive oil is the Swiss army knife of foodstuffs. It can dress salads, sauté vegetables, even grease squeaky hinges. And for ...