In a cave near the coast of Kenya lies the body of a child dating back 78,000 years. The discovery is the oldest known human burial site and sheds new light on the emotional life of early man. Amaze ...

Archaeologists from the Arctic University Museum of Norway discovered a Viking-age boat burial on Senja Island containing the remains of a high-status woman and her pet dog, along with a collection of ...

The funerary stele of Mnesagora and Nikochares, an ancient Greek marble relief from Vari, near Athens,is a stunning example ...

Natural Trap Cave is a pit in northern Wyoming into which countless animals have fallen and met their untimely demise since the Pleistocene. Paleontologists today find the cave a treasure trove — a ...

Small clusters of pits in tooth enamel may be traced back to a single evolutionary lineage millions of years ago.