NASA’s Curiosity rover captured a coral-shaped rock on Mars. Though not alive, its shape reveals clues about the planet’s geology. Small discoveries like this help scientists decode Mars’ ancient past ...

Archaeologists in Tamil Nadu uncover India’s longest Iron Age iron spear, an 8-foot weapon revealing early metalworking skill ...

Thousands of years before the invention of compasses or sails, prehistoric peoples crossed oceans to reach remote lands like ...

Stone tools from central China dated to 160,000 years ago show early hafting, planning and skill, reshaping views of East ...

What’s particularly exciting about finds like this is that we just so rarely have wood preserved for that long,” the study’s lead author told NBC News.

Ancient tools from central China are flipping the script, revealing early humans were far more innovative than history once gave them credit for.

A young woman who lived nearly two millennia ago along the southern coast of England has been the center of scientific ...

NEW YORK -- Two artifacts found at a lake shore in Greece are the oldest wooden tools to be uncovered so far and date back ...

Finds from Greece and Britain suggest early hominins were shaping wood and bone with far more intention and ingenuity than ...

A Roman-era skeleton discovered in southern England has finally given up her secrets after more than a decade of debate.

History is often taught as if progress moves in a straight line—from ancient Greece to Rome, from medieval Europe to the Renaissance, from industrialization to modernity. Africa, in this telling, ...