Scientists first believed that the ancient human settlers of North America and South America were the Clovis people, who arrived in the Americas about 13,000 years ago.

Evidence of first ever humans to colonise North America found by scientists. Genetic analysis of ancient Alaskan child suggests the region was settled by people crossing from Asia 25,000 years ago ...

Seismic mapping of North America has revealed that an ancient slab of crust buried beneath the Midwest is causing the crust above it to "drip" and suck down rocks from across the continent.

22,000-year-old artifacts could rewrite ancient human history in North America. ... One alternative theory is that people followed the less icy Pacific Coast and then started moving east.

Etched in Stone. While North America may not boast the world-famous Machu Picchu, the continent remains rich with an amazing array of ancient ruins.

A new study from the University of Helsinki has provided a compelling new explanation for the devastating droughts that took place in North America thousands of years ago. This period, known as ...

Around 75 million years ago, North America’s largest and most formidable carnivore was not a dinosaur—but a croc. Deinosuchus, the “terrible crocodile” in Greek, could reach more than 35 ...