Ancient island settlers may have mastered open-sea travel far earlier than long assumed, according to new scientific findings ...

In a groundbreaking discovery, archaeologists in Southeast Asia have unearthed ancient boats and tools that challenge the ...

Humans reached, settled, and thrived on Mindoro far earlier than most scientific timelines for allow for the evolution of ...

Shimao ruins, an important prehistoric site located in Northwest China's Shaanxi Province Photo: Courtesy of National ...

A 13-year study of DNA samples collected from the 4,000-year-old Shimao site, a complex of gigantic prehistoric ruins on the northern edges of the Loess Plateau in Shaanxi province, has unlocked clues ...

A hypothesis suggesting that ancient humans came from the prehistoric Indonesian archipelago, or Nusantara, is part of a ...

Around 8,000 years ago, many civilizations thrived on plains that are now submerged by the North and Baltic seas. Now, scientists from a variety of northern European research institutions are ...

Introduction: The man-made world / Stuart Piggott -- The first half-million years / Grahame Clark -- Roots in the soil / James Mellaart -- The birth of written history / M.E.L. Mallowan -- The rise of ...