From 13th-century anchorites to the French Resistance, authors Janet Rich Edwards and Paula McLain trace the enduring power of two fascinating female characters.

Archaeologists have found the oldest known evidence of hafted tools in East Asia, and they challenge a previously held assumption about stone tool use.

“Our results push back the association of T. pallidum with humans by thousands of years, possibly more than 10,000 years ago ...

Ras Al Khaimah, UAECurated by Sharon Toval. The inaugural Ras Al Khaimah Contemporary Art Biennale will open on January 16, 2026, as part of the Ras Al Khaimah Art Festival 2026, ...

Astronauts of the future may be radically different from the rest of us in physiology and psychology. So, to what extent might they resemble or represent ordinary humans?

While gold and silver have long been symbols of wealth and power, in ancient China, these precious metals carried a much deeper significance; they captured the evolving story of a civilization ...

In a discovery that sends shockwaves through the archaeological world, researchers have uncovered a mysterious human figure deliberately entombed within the ancient walls of Göbekli Tepe - humanity's ...

Early, ancestral members of the human lineage may have left Africa earlier than widely thought, a new study of fossil teeth suggests. Scientists investigated fossils excavated from the medieval ...

For the first time, scientists have reconstructed ancient genomes of Human betaherpesvirus 6A and 6B (HHV-6A/B) from archaeological human remains more than two millennia old. The study, led by the ...

When ET phones home, it could be his last call. Contrary to sci-fi movie depictions, our first contact might not be with a super advanced alien civilization at the height of power. Rather, Ivy League ...