Gold found in Bulgaria turns out to be not only the oldest known gold but also the earliest evidence of social hierarchies.

The oldest-known human bones in Europe were just discovered in a cave in Bulgaria. The cave also contained ancient tools ...

Cotton is one of the oldest crops known to humankind, with a rich history spanning more than 7,000 years. Its fibres have been used to make clothing and other essentials across many ancient ...

The Sahara Desert is one of Earth's most arid and desolate places, stretching across a swathe of North Africa that spans ...

Some 60,000-year-old wild Sichuan pepper seeds unearthed at the Mengxihe Site in Ziyang, Sichuan province, have helped shed ...

A partial skull found in a cave in Southern Greece is the earliest evidence of the presence of Homo sapiens outside of Africa ...

Take a look back in time to see the oldest ... emerge from human history, the Mesopotamian civilization was located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers around what is today modern Iraq, Kuwait, ...

GROTON, Conn. (WTNH) — Police are investigating after human remains were found in an area adjacent to a cemetery in Groton on Wednesday. Police say they responded to a “vague” call for a ...

Flagstones, an ancient monument and burial ground in England, is older than Stonehenge, a new radiocarbon-dating study finds.

In 1968, geologist Jim Bowler discovered the bones of a female human ... the full remains of a male — they both became known as Mungo Man and Mungo Lady. Mungo Man is the oldest skeleton ever ...

The human remains and associated stone tools, discovered at Jebel Irhoud, date back to between 350,000 and 280,000 years ago. This finding significantly extends the known timeline of the Homo ...