What if humans aren't the first technologically advanced civilization to grace our planet? It sounds like science fiction, ...

Bones and teeth of ancient ... an unprecedented picture of the region’s storied Viking culture. The researchers looked at ancient DNA spanning 2,000 years of Scandinavian history from such ...

For most of human history we shared the planet with other kinds of early humans — and those now-extinct groups were a lot like us. (AP Photo/Heather Ainsworth) ...

The researchers analyzed fragments of ancient DNA preserved in the area’s sediments. Based on the analysis, what is now a polar desert was once much warmer. The region hosted mastodons ...

The thoroughly modern idea that ancient vases are “art” probably ... can be found throughout all periods of pharaonic Egyptian history, demonstrating Egyptian influence on Ugarit.

Emperor Qin Shi Huang of the Qin dynasty was the first emperor of ancient China and ruled from 221 B.C. to 210 B.C. He's most ...

That picture ... DNA from ancient hominins, including our early ancestors and other relatives who walked on two legs. Ancient DNA technology has revolutionized the way we study human history ...

we’ll be able to push further into the past and get ancient genomes from more parts of the world, adding more brushstrokes to our picture of human history. Because even though we were the only ...