Tens of millions of years ago, a diverse array of bird species soared, swam, and thrived amid their scaly reptile cousins—and ...

Just as cosmetic surgeons wield lasers to smooth away wrinkles, archaeologists in Rome are firing beams of light at history ...

The winter solstice is the astronomical start of winter in the Northern Hemisphere, when the North Pole is tilted farthest from the Sun, giving the shortest day and longest night of the year.

That could place the ancestors of Homo sapiens—modern humans—outside Africa, an idea which flips everything palaeontologists ...

Over the years people have become aware about Kalash who claim Greek ancestry, but in South Asia there are other tribes ...

A groundbreaking dictionary is being created to uncover lost Celtic words, offering a glimpse into ancient history.

Medieval Christians drawing boundaries around ancient Israelite tribes on Holy Land maps had no idea they were influencing how later mapmakers would depict political power. Those red ink lines, meant ...

A multidisciplinary team of Spanish and Portuguese archaeologists and artificial intelligence experts has combined non-destructive archaeological measurement techniques, machine learning and ...

The Milwaukee Public Museum has returned the remains of 67 ancient ancestors and nearly 4,000 funerary objects to the Menominee Tribe. These remains and artifacts were excavated from a sacred ...

The Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council was formed 60 years ago to create a united front for tribal nations in Wisconsin. Its creation was prompted by concerns over the federal "termination" policy, ...