The timeline of ancient history is built from archaeology, texts, and scientific dating methods. Yet some researchers argue that parts of this timeline may be compressed, misaligned, or based on ...

A new study by researchers from Physical Research Laboratory in Ahmedabad and the Department of Archaeology of Tamil Nadu has now reported when flood sediments covered the Keezhadi structures. The ...

Ancient DNA is finally putting hard numbers on a mystery that has trailed humanity for millennia: when our most familiar ...

A small fossil reveals that the largest freshwater fish, Otophysans, emerged in the sea, not in rivers, changing the ...

Researchers studied fossils, well-preserved remains and even a single fingerprint to solve some of history’s long-standing mysteries this year.

Scientists recently discovered what may be the earliest evidence of deliberate fire-making by humans — and it’s far older than scholars previously believed.

Two decades after Jeffrey Epstein was first reported to police, the Justice Department has started to publicly release investigative files on the late sex offender and his longtime confidant Ghislaine ...

Originally a Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Jesus, Christmas has evolved into a global cultural event.

This Roman senator wrote some of the greatest letters in history. Here’s how Pliny the Younger’s words have kept ancient Rome ...

The oldest sediment DNA discovered so far comes from Greenland and is 2 million years old.

The Marvel timeline is becoming of utmost importance again, especially when it looks like Avengers: Doomsday is going to dip through decades to bring together an ultimate team of Earth's Mightiest ...