A Maya tomb dating back 1,700 years holds funeral offerings, including writings carved on human bones and a jade mask.

Prehistoric mobility among farmers and herders played major roles in the economy on the Tibetan Plateau, often called the "roof of the world."

People in the Americas started to use bow and arrows about 5,000 years ago, coinciding with the growth of exchange networks and when people live in villages

"Kissing was considered a part of romantic intimacy in ancient times, just as kissing could be part of friendships and family members' relations."

Geochemical analyses on copper artifacts from southern Africa reveal centuries of previously unknown cultural connections in the region.

To buy and sell obsidian, the Maya people used a market economy with far less oversight from their rulers that previously thought.

Findings from the 2,000-year-old Uluburun shipwreck reveal a complex trade network involving communities of highlander pastoralists.

A newly discovered brewery from 3000 BCE—the world's oldest known facility of its kind—could produce enough beer to serve an entire modern-day stadium.

A 9,000-year-old burial plot upends long-held ideas about hunter-gatherers. Between 30 and 50% of hunters in these populations were female, researchers say.

The Clovis, some of North America's oldest inhabitants, probably only made stone tools for about 300 years, new research shows.