New evidence has emerged that sheds light on the possible first people to populate the Americas. Dating of stone and ivory ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This image provided by William Usaquen and Andrea Casas-Vargas shows the high plains in Bogota, Colombia where a new group of ...

Researchers baffled by what the famous Kennewick man ate, and didn't eat. — -- Researchers studying the bones of an ancient skeleton in Washington state have uncovered an interesting twist to the ...

Ancient bones, artifacts and texts offer numerous insights into the past, as does the chewing gum that Neolithic people chewed on and spat out long ago. Analysis of lumps of birch bark tar from ...

This cave was sealed off like someone wanted it forgotten forever. But once it was opened, the signs were undeniable that ancient people once lived inside. The deeper the team went, the more shocking ...

Long before farming took hold, ancient Indigenous peoples of the American Southwest were already shaping the future of a wild ...

Cleanliness in ancient societies was never just about comfort. It signaled status, health, and the everyday discipline of life in dusty cities and river valleys. Without modern plumbing or packaged ...

Migration into the Americas is not about a single “path,” but timing can still rule routes in or out. The Holzman evidence supports the idea of a southward movement of ancestral Clovis-era populations ...

Scientists have identified a new pod of ancient hunter-gatherers who lived near the land bridge between North America and South America about 6,000 years ago. Researchers are still charting how human ...

This image provided by William Usaquen and Andrea Casas-Vargas shows the high plains in Bogota, Colombia where a new group of humans lived 6,000 years ago. (William Usaquen, Andrea Casas-Vargas via AP ...