Learn how ancient weapons show when the bow and arrow replaced the atlatl, and why the transition played out differently across western North America.

How can we measure time more than 500 million years into the past? A study recently published in Nature Communications by researchers at the University of Lausanne presents a new geological "rock ...

Could ancient humans really have built the pyramids without extraterrestrial help? Or do such questions reveal more about modern anxieties than the past itself?

Explore jungle survival and primitive building techniques, including constructing small structures using mud and clay, creating underground dwellings from scratch, and building tree houses in the wild ...

Blackwater lakes and rivers in the Congo Basin are releasing carbon up to 3,500 years old, raising concerns about the ...

A strange pyramid-shaped formation on Mars has fueled speculation that an advanced, Earth-like civilization may have once ...

Combining the writing on the bones with paleoclimate reconstructions, the team found how typhoon activity helped shift the cultural makeup of China.

Debunking alien claims matters, but so does telling richer, more compelling stories about how humans shaped their own past.

The museum has one of the most substantial collections of Indian art in the country, making for a vividly colorful exhibit of ...