Recent archaeological digs have uncovered more than 20 round buildings in what is believed to be Cyprus' earliest known village, dating as far back as the 9th century B.C., the east Mediterranean island's Department of Antiquities said Tuesday.
The department...
New archaeological evidence suggests that Brazilian capuchins have been using stone tools to crack open cashew nuts for at least 700 years, and the new research paper asks whether human behaviour was influenced through watching the monkeys.
Researchers say, to...
Archeologists who found the 1,600-year-old skeleton near Mexico's ancient Teotihuacan, said the woman was 35-40 when she died with intentionally deformed skull and teeth encrusted with mineral stones
Archeologists have discovered the 1,600-year-old skeleton of an upper-class woman whose skull...
Archaeozoologist Cédric Beauval of Archéosphère (left), palaeoanthropologist Hélène Rougier from California State University Northridge (center) and Isabelle Crevecoeur of the University of Bordeaux (right) identify human remains in the collection of finds from the Goyet caves.Credit: Damien Flas
Tübingen researchers...
A bone that could be a part of Buddha's skull was found inside this gold casket, encased inside a larger shrine model buried beneath the Grand Bao'en Temple in Nanjing, China.
Researchers say they found a 4-foot shrine holding the...
An undated picture made available by the Pompeii Archeological site Press Office, showing skeleton's bones recently discovered in Pompeii, near Naples, Italy. Italian and French archaeologist team, digging in the outskirts of Pompeii, have discovered four skeletons and gold...
Wahlisaurus massare. Credit: James McKay
A new type of ichthyosaur, an extinct marine reptile alive at the same time as the dinosaurs, has been identified by a Manchester palaeontologist from a fossil found in an old quarry in Nottinghamshire.
Similar-shaped to...
Ancient goat bone used for DNA analyses (from Göytepe).Credit: Image courtesy of Nagoya University
Nagoya University-based researchers analyze ancient DNA of Neolithic domestic goats to reveal that the goats were introduced into the Southern Caucasus from the Fertile Crescent during...
The left half of the lower jaw of Australopithecus deyiremeda (BRT-VP-3/14), a 3.5 to 3.3 million-year-old human ancestor species discovered by the Woranso-Mille project.Credit: Yohannes Haile-Selassie
If "Lucy" wasn't alone, who else was in her neighborhood? Key fossil discoveries over...
The discovery of the 1.5 mm tip of a root was discovered in the fossil soil. The tip was recognisable as root by the clear dark brown cap which protected the growing apex as it grew through the soil....
Bruniquel cave. Credit: © Michel SOULIER – SSAC / Nature Jaubert et al.Close
Deep inside Bruniquel Cave, in the Tarn et Garonne region of southwestern France, a set of human-made structures 336 meters from the entrance was recently dated as...
