When archaeologists unearthed small cat bones in China dating back some 5,400 years, they figured cats had been hanging out in early Chinese farming settlements since the Neolithic Period.

Cats didn’t become house pets because humans needed them. They didn’t herd animals, pull carts, or guard property.

Last night, the Game Awards kicked off with a major disturbance in the Force. The long-awaited, long-rumored news about the ...

Because these objects are anchored to specific historical contexts, their ages provide a reliable snapshot of the period. The ...

New data from radiocarbon dating is offering deeper insights into ancient Egypt and its relationship with the volcanic ...

Modern tools and good old-fashioned digging revealed royal tombs, World War II shipwrecks, and the oldest Egyptian genome ...

The discovery site at East Farm, Barnham, England lies hidden within a disused clay pit tucked away in the wooded landscape between Thetford and Bury St Edmunds. Professor Nick Ashton from the British ...

To boost our understanding of a little-known civilization that thrived more than 3,000 years ago, scientists have built an ...

Humans likely harvested their first flames from wildfire. When they learned to make it themselves, it changed everything.