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If humans are getting smarter, why are our brains shrinking?Human brains have been shrinking since prehistoric times, some studies suggest. Whether this is true and why it has happened are debated.
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More doomed Franklin expedition sailors identified, revealing clues about how they tried to find safetyDNA from living descendants of relatives have allowed four members of the ill-fated Franklin expedition to be identified.
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Did Japan have female samurai?Life's Little Mysteries The samurai are renowned as skilled warriors, but were any of them women?
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'Lifelong monogamy' and 'half orphans': DNA analysis reveals clues about life on the Roman frontier after the fall of RomeBurials from over a millennia ago are revealing how people lived in part of the Roman Empire after it fell.
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Egyptian mummy has part of the 'Iliad' in its abdomen, archaeologists discoverA papyrus that contains part of Homer's "Iliad" has been discovered inside the abdomen of a mummy in Egypt. Other mummies at the cemetery had gold tongues.
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Did King Arthur really exist?The stories about King Arthur are almost certainly false or greatly exaggerated, but did the man himself exist?
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DNA reveals ancestry of man buried in Stone Age monument in Spain, but his religion remains a mysteryIn the Middle Ages, a man was buried in a Stone Age monument in what is now Spain. Now, we finally know his genetic roots, but his religious beliefs are still a mystery.
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What happened to the Minoan civilization?The Minoan civilization flourished between roughly 2000 and 1500 B.C. on Crete and nearby islands. How did it come to an end?
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Tasmanian tigers discovered in Indigenous rock art in Australia, suggesting these marsupials lived there much longer than thoughtAround 14 new rock-art depictions of thylacines, also known as Tasmanian tigers, have been found in northern Australia.
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Roman mosaic shows topless woman battling leopard in arena, study findsA third-century mosaic shows a topless woman battling a leopard in a Roman arena.
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Divers find marble treasure from Athens' Acropolis in Lord Elgin's shipwrecked brig at the bottom of the Aegean SeaDivers investigating a shipwrecked brig once owned by Lord Elgin have discovered an overlooked piece of marble from the Acropolis in Athens.
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Will the Indus Valley script ever be deciphered?The Indus Valley script dates back around 4,000 years but has yet to be deciphered. Can AI help decode it?
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Roman military fort discovered in Scotland far north of Hadrian's WallThe newly found fortlet was a good lookout point for Roman soldiers stationed along the Antonine Wall in Scotland.
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'Cikai Korran came here and saw': Visitors from India graffitied dozens of Egyptian tombs 2,000 years agoAncient inscriptions written in Indian languages have been discovered on Egyptian tombs in the Valley of the Kings.
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Did the Vikings reach Maine?An 11th-century Norse coin found in Maine raises the question of whether the Vikings landed there.
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Ancient rock art depicting hunters and geometric shapes discovered in Egypt's Sinai Desert — and it spans a period of 10,000 yearsA rock shelter with rock art and inscriptions spanning millennia has been discovered in Egypt.
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Western Europe's earliest known mule died 2,700 years ago — and it was buried with a partially cremated womanScientists have identified the oldest mule remains ever found in the western Mediterranean.
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Did ancient Greeks let women compete in the Olympics?The ancient Olympic games were crowded with male athletes, but were there opportunities for females to compete in sports?
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5,000-year-old rock art from ancient Egypt depicts 'terrifying' conquest of the Sinai PeninsulaArchaeologists have found 5,000-year-old ancient Egyptian rock art in the Sinai Desert that depicts the conquest of the region.
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430,000-year-old wooden handheld tools from Greece are the oldest on record — and they predate modern humansArchaeologists have found the oldest-known surviving examples of handheld wooden tools.
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160,000-year-old sophisticated stone tools discovered in China may not have been made by Homo sapiensArchaeologists have found the oldest known evidence of hafted tools in East Asia, and they challenge a previously held assumption about stone tool use.
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1,700-year-old Roman marching camps discovered in Germany — along with a multitude of artifacts like coins and the remnants of shoesArchaeologists in Germany have discovered four Roman marching camps and around 1,500 artifacts, including coins and shoe nails, dating to the third century.
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Eerie 'sand burials' of elite Anglo-Saxons and their 'sacrificed' horse discovered near UK nuclear power plantThe 1,400 year-old "sand burials" of two people and a horse were found near a nuclear power plant construction site in the U.K.
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Nefertiti's tomb close to discovery, famed archaeologist Zahi Hawaas claims in new documentaryZahi Hawass says he hopes to discover the tomb of Nefertiti before he retires, and he believes he's getting close.
