At an archaeological site in Peru, researchers have found the remains of hundreds of children and llamas sacrificed in the 15th century.

A finding pushes back the timeline on humankind’s conquest of one of Earth’s harshest environments, and may provide clues about interactions with their hominin relatives.

Denisovans and Neanderthals likely overlapped at this Stone Age hot spot for thousands of years, and modern Homo sapiens may have dwelled there, too.  

Scientists have found traces of the dairy product in 7,200-year-old pottery in Croatia.

Researchers studied 3,000-year-old skeletal remains from Mongolia to understand the origins of veterinary dental practices.

Isotope changes in the bones demonstrate a similar pattern across far-flung islands.

Archaeologists unearthed the remains in a farm north of the doomed Italian city.

An 88,000-year-old finger bone places human ancestors in Arabia earlier than previously believed.

The Chilean government contends that the remains of a mummified fetus, recently sequenced by US researchers, were exhumed illegally.