Chaco Canyon petroglyph may represent ancient total eclipse
by Jim Scott
As the hullabaloo surrounding the Aug. 21 total eclipse of the sun swells by the day, a University of Colorado Boulder faculty...
Aboriginal DNA study reveals 50,000-year story of sacred ties to land
Melissa Davey
A study of ancient Aboriginal hair samples has revealed distinct Aboriginal populations were present in Australia with little geographical movement for up to...
How ancient China and Egypt developed similar structures
Although ancient Egypt and China never communicated with each other, they had many things in common. The exhibition "China and Egypt. Cradles of the...
Humans bred with this mysterious species more than once, new study shows
by Ben Guarino
We rarely portray Neanderthals, our close relatives, as telegenic. Museum exhibits give them wild tangles of hair, and Hollywood reduces them to...
Ancient alien technology hidden in the solar system?
Rob Waugh
For decades, radio telescopes have scanned the skies, hoping for a signal from intelligent aliens in another solar system.
But could signs of...
Ancient writing in Turkey dates back to 2000 BC
Clay tablets dating back 4,000 years show the beginnings of writing and literacy in ancient Anatolia, in the middle of modern-day Turkey, according to...
ISIS Destroys Ancient Theater, Tetrapylon In Palmyra, Syria Says
Two famous ancient structures in the city of Palmyra have been destroyed by ISIS forces, Syria's antiquities chief says.
The Tetrapylon and the facade of...
Ancient Fossils Reveal the First Humans Emerged 170,000 Years Earlier than We Thought
The first modern humans may have emerged up to 350,000 years ago—170,000 years earlier than previously thought. Analysis of ancient DNA has allowed scientists...
A student found an ancient Canadian village that’s 10,000 years older than the Pyramids
by Leanna Garfield
For hundreds — perhaps thousands — of years, generations of the Heiltsuk Nation, an indigenous group in British Columbia, have passed down...
Ancient Maya May Have Foreseen Meteor Showers
By Kimberly M. S. Cartier
Using state-of-the-art computer models, an amateur historian and a professional astronomer have found evidence that many important societal events recorded...