Authorities have recovered 37 gold coins that were stolen by salvagers from a nearly 310-year-old shipwreck off of Florida’s coast. The state’s Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission announced the ...

Scientists in China have unearthed a new human species with remarkable physical characteristics. The remains of 16 ...

A 12-year-old girl discovered a 3,500-year-old Egyptian scarab amulet near Hod Hasharon, Israel, which is now on display in ...

In the new study, researchers compared digital 3-D models of ancient hominid footprints and trackways to those made by people today — including Kenyan herders who rarely or never wear shoes — ...

Two species of ancient human relatives crossed paths 1.5 million years ago. Fossilized footprints in Kenya captured the ...

A team of bioarchaeologists from the Austrian Archaeological Institute at the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Université de ...

In 1886, mining engineer John T. Reid was told the Paiute legend of a giant people defeated by the natives near Lovelock, Nevada. The last of the giants met their fiery end deep within the bowels of a ...

Researchers have discovered the "oldest firearm" ever found in the U.S., a bronze "wall gun" from the Coronado expedition of ...

Hikers were responsible for the discovery of what scientists believe to be a prehistoric ecosystem. The first sign of the ...