Archaeology

A jawbone from eastern China that displays both modern and archaic features could represent a new branch of the human family tree

Improved DNA analysis has updated thinking on the skin color, ancestry, and more of the alpine mummy known as Ötzi the Iceman

This child was buried 400 years ago in what is now Poland, face-down and with an iron padlock on their foot

New archaeological finds offer a glimpse of family life 6,500 years ago

Archaeologists say the ornate ruins of Nero’s theater were found near the Vatican at a site earmarked for a luxury hotel

Archaeologists found evidence of spices such as turmeric and cloves from ancient Vietnam, suggesting South Asians shared their culinary traditions via an ancient maritime trade route

Researchers have decoded more than half of the characters in the so-called Kushan script by comparing them with inscriptions in a known ancient language called Bactrian

Extraordinary claims about the small-brained human relative Homo naledi challenge prevailing view of cognitive evolution

Stone engravings of ancient megastructures called desert kites may be the earliest “blueprints” ever discovered

Macaques using stones to open oil palm nuts can accidentally create stone flakes that look like early human tools

Archaeologists have found a handful of human skeletons with characteristics that have been linked to horseback riding and are a millennium older than early depictions of humans riding horses

Resins used by ancient Egyptians to prepare bodies for the afterlife are found in vessels in a 2,500-year-old workshop