A 1.4-million-year-old fossil jaw discovered in a South African cave in 1949 has now been identified as that of a previously ...

On the legal turf, the battle is between findings of the ASI vs creative inferences that creep in depending on the politics ...

Many people depicted in a supposedly "groundbreaking" book on psychedelics and religion are now speaking out against it.

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By removing centuries of soot, researchers have uncovered the stunning decoration of a sanctuary dedicated to the heavens ...

A group of Ice Age hunter-gatherers living in central Europe may have adorned their faces with cheek piercings at as early as ...

While still a graduate student at Johns Hopkins University, UC Santa Cruz professor Elaine Sullivan unearthed ancient ...

Strange wear marks on the teeth of Paleolithic people in Central Europe have long puzzled scientists, but new research may ...

Watch as Jameis Winston gave a performance for the ages with "Smoking Time Jazz Club" at the Maison in New Orleans.

Were Neanderthals soulful inventors or strange cannibals ... a role he held until his appointment as Disney Professor of Archaeology at the University of Cambridge in 1981. During the 1970s ...

A study of Paleolithic skeletons from Central Europe suggests people's teeth were worn down and crowded together because of ...