An analysis of ancient and modern DNA suggests the extent of convergent evolution in different peoples around the world is even greater than we thought ...

Mushrooms have been used by ancient humans for millennia, but archaeologists have only just uncovered their pivotal role in ...

Join us as we document the remarkable process of building a primitive hut deep in the jungle using nothing but natural materials and ancient skills. Watch as two men clear the forest, construct a ...

A growing number of ancient Egyptian stone vases are being digitally scanned and analyzed with modern engineering tools. The ...

Two researchers discuss how ancient DNA is used to track how people moved and lived during Britain's bronze age.

According to a new study, any alien civilizations out there? Probably short-lived — and doomed to fail spectacularly. For ...

More than 4,000 years before modern highways and petroleum refineries, Sumerians in ancient Mesopotamia were engineering materials in ways that closely resemble advanced asphalt technology, according ...

Bow drill in action, New Kingdom tomb painting from Western Thebes, Tomb of Rekhmire, object 31.6.25. Credit: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. A small metal object discovered more than a century ago is ...

The secrets of ancient Egyptian craftsmanship continue to astonish the world. A recent groundbreaking study published in Egypt and the Levant has revealed a hidden treasure in the annals of early ...