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

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

Glacier ice contains valuable information about the climates of the past. Researchers are scrambling to study it before it's too late.

A new study shows how humans moved across the landscapes of ancient Greece, shaped by slope, visibility, and rugged terrain.

For modern residents of the Levant, the "Red Sea Trough" usually brings a brief, dusty transition between seasons. But ...

Researchers revisited the 1970s discovery of ancient stone tools at Monte Verde—an iconic site in Chile that transformed our understanding of how and when humans arrived in the Americas.

Meet Lucy's hunter, a massive, horned crocodile that likely terrorized early human ancestors in ancient Ethiopia.

Ancient DNA, archaeology, linguistics, and historical evidence are combined to explore the possibility that all living humans descend from three ancient African hunter-gatherer populations that mixed ...

I have 20 white people against me, and because I am informed and I am making an informed decision, they are trying to take my ...

Scientists Uncover ‘Missing’ Human Bloodline in 7,000-Year-Old Desert Mummies ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with archaeologist Gary Feinman about new findings that show democracy existed throughout the ancient world and was not exclusive to Mediterranean Europe.