A remarkable discovery on Mars has provided one of the clearest timelines yet for the existence of an ancient ocean on the ...

A groundbreaking archaeological discovery in West Africa is challenging long-held assumptions about early human adaptability and migration. Evidence from a site in Côte d'Ivoire reveals that Homo ...

A 150,000-year-old site in Côte d'Ivoire nearly doubles previous estimates of how long ago humans first lived in rainforests.

Human history feels straightforward when seen in textbooks. A neat timeline with a clear rise from simple tools to complex ...

Scientists have broadly agreed for years that the thousands of small cone-shaped mounds peppering Mars’ northern lowlands are ...

Warhorse's Lord of the Rings RPG may live or die by how well it turns Tolkien's magic into something rare, ancient, and ...

The history of papad dates back to ancient India, where it was first made as a means of preserving grains and lentils. Ancient texts suggest that these flatbreads were made by grinding lentils into ...

Scientists in Canada have uncovered 567-million-year-old fossils that may rewrite the story of early animal evolution.

Sometimes the best things in life are the ones that literally stop you in your tracks and make you forget your own name for a ...

A new radiocarbon study has clarified the timing of the colossal Thera eruption, placing it before Egypt’s New Kingdom. Researchers analyzed artifacts tied to Pharaoh Ahmose, gaining rare access to ...

For decades, scientists believed ancient humans avoided dense rainforests, treating them as nearly impossible environments ...