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See the face of the 'Hobbit,' an extinct human relative
A new facial approximation offers insight into one of humankind's extinct relatives, Homo floresiensis.
86,000-year-old human bone found in Laos cave hints at 'failed population' from prehistory
The discovery of a skull and shin bone fragment in a cave in Laos pushes back the earliest known date of Homo sapiens in Southeast Asia.
Massive, 1.2 million-year-old tool workshop in Ethiopia made by 'clever' group of unknown human relatives
An unknown group of hominins crafted more than 500 obsidian hand axes more than 1.2 million years ago in what is now Ethiopia.
Stockpile of 2,000-year-old gemstones found in Roman bathhouse drain
What caused a clog in this 2,000-year-old Roman bathhouse? A treasure trove of gemstones, that’s what.
Beneath a busy street in Jerusalem sits a 1,000-year-old moat with a secret handprint
Archaeologists in Jerusalem have unearthed a massive moat beneath a busy roadway. But a handprint etched into the stone structure remains a mystery.
World's oldest runestone may contain the earliest example of writing in Scandinavia
Archaeologists unearth "world’s oldest runestone" in Norway
Wishing well used for Bronze Age 'cult rituals' discovered in Bavaria
Items found in the wishing well include well-preserved pottery, jewelry, beads and an animal tooth.
Lasers reveal massive, 650-square-mile Maya site hidden beneath Guatemalan rainforest
While conducting an aerial survey of northern Guatemala, researchers detected a sprawling Maya site.
