In a groundbreaking discovery, archaeologists in Southeast Asia have unearthed ancient boats and tools that challenge the established timeline of human civilization. These artifacts, dating back tens ...

New scientific work is quietly redrawing the master timeline of ancient Egypt, shifting key dynasties and even the start of the New Kingdom by decades. By combining cutting edge radiocarbon analysis ...

He lived hundreds of thousands of years ago, eking out an existence in what is today central China. Sporting a squat neck and a big brain, he likely wielded tools made of stone and hunted or scavenged ...

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NEW YORK — Handprints on cave walls in a largely unexplored area of Indonesia may be the oldest rock art studied so far, dating back to at least 67,800 years ago. The tan-colored prints analyzed by ...

Showing the Paleozoic sedimentary rock sequence at the Grand Canyon - from which samples were collected for this study. The steep cliffs are of marine limestone or dolomite formations. New study ...