Today, rock wallabies rarely stray far from the safety of their rocky shelters. But the fossil record tells a very different ...

A new analysis of enigmatic skulls from the Republic of Georgia suggest that Homo erectus wasn't the only human species to ...

A fascinating archaeological discovery in South Africa has revealed that humans were using sophisticated poisoned arrows 60,000 years ago, far earlier than previously documented. Chemical analysis of ...

Archaeologists found traces of well-known plant poisons on Stone Age quartz arrowheads in a prehistoric South African rock ...

Peculiar 60,000-year-old Stone Age arrowheads unearthed in South Africa could be the earliest known use of poison-laced ...

Traces of a toxic chemical found on 60,000-year-old arrowheads hint at advanced planning by Palaeolithic hunters.

Jawbones and other remains, similar to specimens found in Europe, were dated to 773,000 years and help close a gap in ...

A 9,500-year-old funeral pyre uncovered in a rock shelter in northern Malawi is forcing archaeologists to rethink when and ...

The oldest previously known funeral pyre in the world was discovered in Alaska and dates to approximately 11,500 years ago, but that cremation involved a young child rather than an adult. Some burned ...

Cremation is very rare among ancient and modern hunter-gatherers, at least partially because pyres require a huge amount of ...

Scientists have reconstructed the head of an ancient human relative from 1.5 million year-old fossilized bones and teeth. But the face staring back is complicating scientists' understanding of early ...

Flooding triggered shelter-in-place warnings and possible evacuations early Wednesday morning in parts of Menlo Park as heavy rain continued to impact the Bay Area. Around 4:20 a.m., the Menlo Park ...