After more than 13 years of impactful teaching and research at the University of Nevada, Reno, Professor Chris Morgan, a widely respected anthropologist and archaeologist, is setting off on a ...

The arid deserts of north Arabian Arabia do not seem to be the kind of climate early humans would have loved, but new finds are rewriting that hypothesis. Archaeologists have found life-size camel, ...

Our ancient past isn't always buried history. When it comes to our DNA, nearly 9% of the human genome is made up of leftover genetic material from ancient viruses (called endogenous retroviruses or ...

At 11 feet (3.4m) tall and nearly 27 feet (8.2m) long, Cooper’s pointy-backed herbivore – affectionately known as Apex – is the largest and most intact stegosaurus fossil ever unearthed. In July 2024, ...

Tucked into southeastern Ohio’s rolling landscape, Hocking Hills isn’t playing by the Midwest’s usual rulebook of gentle farmland and subtle beauty – it’s showing off with sandstone cliffs, mysterious ...

In a new study, scientists have shown that chemical receptors that plants use to recognize nitrogen-fixing bacteria have developed the same function independently on at least three separate occasions ...

The drawings—the oldest dated monumental rock art in Arabia—are the firmest evidence that humans lived there during a dry period about 12,000 years ago.

Large rock-face murals scattered across the desert in northern Saudi Arabia represent one of the most ambitious – and perilous – creative feats of ancient humans, with researchers arguing that the ...

New research suggests ancient copper smelters accidentally discovered iron, sparking the technological shift that transformed human history.

Welcome to Hocking Hills State Park in Logan, a 2,356-acre wonderland that somehow remains Ohio’s best-kept natural secret despite being just an hour from Columbus.

A new find in the Ayvalık region of western Turkey suggests that prehistoric humans somehow "walked" across what is now a deep body of water.

Jonathan Vacanti sat at his workshop with his tools and patiently scraped away everything that was not a violin. “Violin making is a very old system from the 1500s, so they didn’t have sandpaper, so ...