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Oldest wooden tools unearthed in East Asia show that ancient humans made planned trips to dig up edible plants
The 300,000 year-old tools show that hominins in East Asia made planned foraging trips to lakeshores and designed instruments for specific purposes.
Tiwanaku: A little-known pre-Incan civilization that built temples and cities high in the Andes
This ancient city in modern-day Bolivia is almost 13,000 feet above sea level. Only a small portion of the ruins have been excavated.
Remote cave in Guam reveals ancient voyagers carried rice to Pacific islands 3,500 years ago, study finds
Opinion Rice is difficult to grow in the Pacific, so how did it end up in a cave? Archaeologists reveal the hidden history of this ancient and well-travelled grain.
Neanderthal DNA may refute 65,000-year-old date for human occupation in Australia, but not all experts are convinced
A new DNA model suggests humans didn't reach Australia until 50,000 years ago, but archaeological data disagrees.
1,400-year-old temple ruins the size of a city block unearthed in Bolivia
Ruins of the Palaspata temple complex from the millennia-old Tiwanaku civilization are unraveling some mysteries about the relatively unstudied society.
300-year-old pirate-plundered shipwreck that once held 'eyewatering treasure' discovered off Madagascar
Researchers think a shipwreck off Madagascar was a Portuguese treasure ship captured by pirates in 1721.
Mesopotamia quiz: Test your knowledge about the ancient civilizations of the Fertile Crescent
Are you as assured as Ashurbanipal about your knowledge of Mesopotamia, or as dim as Nimrud?
'Alien' skull of toddler is actually evidence of long-standing practice of head shaping
Workers digging a pipeline in Argentina found the flattened skull of an ancient toddler, raising questions about its asymmetrical shape.
