William E.H. Harcourt-Smith is a research associate in the Division of Paleontology at the American Museum of Natural History and associate professor in Anthropology at Lehman College, CUNY. Briana ...

Ancient men are traditionally imagined as hunters, while women are gatherers. But this stereotype may be just that, according to a new study. This discovery opens up exciting new possibilities of what ...

The ancient Greeks we admire today regarded these seven men as the wisest of their time. They attributed to them not only the ...

Herculaneum was a seaside getaway for Rome’s decadent crowd, evidenced by the abundant use of colored marble inside its stately houses and the bright frescos covering the walls of the luxurious villas ...

Celtic society in England was female-focused 2,000 years ago, a genetic study of Iron Age skeletons reveals. DNA analysis of dozens of ancient burials uncovered a community whose lineage could be ...

The Maasai are the current residents of Engare Sero, a region in Northern Tanzania. They've shifted from the nomadic lifestyle that prehistoric humans in the area had. (Tomas Adzke/Deposit Photos/) ...