Analysis - Our prehistoric human ancestors relied on deliberately modified and sharpened stone tools as early as 3.3 million years ago. The selection of rock type depended on how easily the material ...

Paleoanthropologists have announced the world's most complete skeleton of Homo habilis, a human ancestor that lived more than ...

T attoos have been found on dozens of mummified corpses from the Nile River Valley, indicating that ancient Nubians were no ...

Scientists working in Ethiopia's Afar Region have made discoveries that rewrite our understanding of early human history. For ...

A fascinating archaeological discovery in South Africa has revealed that humans were using sophisticated poisoned arrows 60,000 years ago, far earlier than previously documented. Chemical analysis of ...

An ancient cremation would have been a community spectacle in a place returned to and reignited over many generations. What ...

By digging carefully, archaeologists can connect information from aDNA to information about the social lives of these people.

Now based in Sweden, Mengistu has authored seven books spanning history, heritage, and tourism. Much of his writing engages ...

From a garden at the Holy Sepulchre to new dates for the Dead Sea Scrolls, new research is offering detailed glimpses into biblical stories.

Timeless Tigray where footprints of the march of time and history are everywhere.