Endurance is a surprisingly progressive way of creating a better future.

Are the descriptions of war passed down by ancient historians accurate? A site in Sicily provided a rare chance to fact-check stories told about two battles from more than 2,400 years ago.

Combining evidence from archaeology, geochronology and paleoenvironmental science, researchers identified how ancient humans by Lake Malawi were the first to substantially modify their environment.

It's possible that low oxygen levels in caves produced hallucinations – but that doesn't explain the majority of prehistoric art.

Proposed legislation would identify and protect African American cemeteries. But it wouldn't cover the remains of thousands of Black people in museum collections.

Social media users share charts and graphs — often with the same underlying data — to advocate opposing approaches to the pandemic.

Some fans even said they would be willing to make the ultimate sacrifice, giving their own lives to save other supporters of their team.

Did Neanderthal military superiority delay our migration out of Africa?

Five centuries before Columbus arrived, migrants were spreading across North America, carrying their culture with them and mixing with those they encountered in new places.