People have lived in the Reading area for half a million years, according to evidence presented by a local historian. Mike Cooper shared his findings at the April meeting of the Wargrave Local History ...

A very interesting review in New Scientist makes the point that fungi were not for ancient humans the marginal resources that their near invisibility in the traditional archaeological record might ...

Former US talk show host Ellen DeGeneres is facing a battle over fears she could destroy Roman remains by building horse ...

Former US talk show host Ellen DeGeneres is facing a battle over fears she could destroy Roman remains by building horse ...

For almost half a century, a fragment of a human skull found on the banks of the Elbe River, near the German town of ...

Ellen DeGeneres and Portia De Rossi are facing a planning battle at their Cotswolds home after proposals to build horse ...

Ellen DeGeneres is facing a battle over fears she could destroy Roman remains by building horse stables in the Cotswolds.

An analysis of DNA from Stone Age skeletons buried in Scotland reveals how people organized the burial of their dead. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

We are all familiar with the adage of the boy who cried wolf, whose modern storytelling equivalent is the president who posts threats on social media. On Easter Friday, Donald Trump threatened Iran ...

This next story has Nazis. It's got an archaeological dig. (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE") HARRISON FORD: (As Indiana Jones) That belongs in a museum. SCHMITZ: And no, it's ...

Scientists have extracted and analyzed DNA from 216 canid remains, including 181 from Paleolithic and Mesolithic Europe. The oldest data that they recovered are from a 14,200-year-old dog from the ...

Between 6000 and 3000 B.C.E., hunter-gatherers in northern and eastern Europe ate surprisingly complex meals that included a variety of plants—and they were picky about which ingredients they prepared ...