Fixing the timeline of human history has been one of archeology’s most exciting — and frustrating — endeavors. In part, that’s because scientists have limited fossil evidence to help them put a pin on ...

New scientific work is quietly redrawing the master timeline of ancient Egypt, shifting key dynasties and even the start of the New Kingdom by decades. By combining cutting edge radiocarbon analysis ...

Archaeologists have discovered ancient tools and bones in China that, once again, shake up the timeline of the human origin story. The items are more than two million years old, indicating that early ...

Traces of urine left by humans and domesticated animals who lived in central Turkey’s Aşıklı Höyük settlement some 10,000 years ago are helping archaeologists rewrite the timeline of early agriculture ...