This Man's DNA Is the Oldest in North America By Laura Geggel A Native American man in Montana has what may be the oldest DNA native to the Americas, according to news reports.
What Made Ancient Hominins Cannibals? Humans Were Nutritious and Easy Prey By Mindy Weisberger Why do people eat people? A new study about our ancient relatives has answers.
Dogs Sacrificed by Shang Dynasty Were Just Pups. Some Were Even Buried Alive. By Stephanie Pappas Life was short and sometimes brutal for many of the dogs of China's Shang Dynasty.
Evidence of Ayahuasca, Other Hallucinogens Detected in Pre-Columbian 'Drug Bag' By Mindy Weisberger Shamans performed rituals that typically involved psychotropic substances.
Who Inherits the British Throne? By Live Science Staff Since days of yore, the royal line of succession to the British throne — like most monarchies — was based on primogeniture.
Ancient Guatemalan Sculptors Knowingly Crafted Magnetic 'Potbelly' Statues By Tom Metcalfe The giant heads and distorted bodies are magnetized in particular spots.
In Photos: Ancient Cemetery Near Giza Pyramids By Owen Jarus Archaeologists working in Egypt have discovered a 4,500-year-old cemetery filled with tombs, sarcophagi, mummies and artifacts.
4,500-Year-Old Cemetery and Sarcophagi Discovered by Giza Pyramids By Owen Jarus A huge tomb holding the remains of two men, including a priest, were discovered in the ancient cemetery.
A Portrait of Leonardo da Vinci May Reveal Why He Never Finished the Mona Lisa By Yasemin Saplakoglu Did Da Vinci have claw hand?
Photos: Hurricane Michael Toppled Over Trees and Uprooted 19th Century Artifacts By Yasemin Saplakoglu A category 5 storm uprooted artifacts from a 19th century freed slave community, tangled up in rootballs of large toppled over trees.
Hurricane Michael Unearths Evidence of Fort Occupied by Hundreds of Freed Slaves By Yasemin Saplakoglu The fort was the "nexus of freedom and slavery resistance."
Found: First Tibetan Evidence of Neanderthal Cousins, the Denisovans By Mindy Weisberger This is the first evidence of Denisovans living on the Tibetan Plateau.
Rare Recording Captures Einstein Talking About Music and the Atomic Bomb By Mindy Weisberger The private conversation was recorded nearly 70 years ago.
Smashed Ancient Tablet Suggests Biblical King Was Real. But Not Everyone Agrees. By Laura Geggel The Mesha Stele is a 3-foot-tall black basalt stone that dates to the second half of the ninth century B.C.
Leonardo da Vinci's Hair Allegedly Found, But Don't Get Too Excited By Stephanie Pappas Two Italian scientists said they have some of Leonardo da Vinci's hair, but the claim is sketchy.
In Photos: Archaeological Discoveries at Hagia Sophia By Owen Jarus Archaeologists have discovered amazing ruins and artifacts at the largest Christian cathedral ever constructed in the ancient world.
Long-Lost Baptistery for Emperors Possibly Discovered at the Largest Cathedral in the Ancient World By Owen Jarus Inside that structure, emperors would have baptized their children more than 1,400 years ago.
Ancient Tomb of Mysterious Man Named Tjt Discovered in Egypt By Yasemin Saplakoglu Inside were many mummies and a statue of a ba-bird.
