The intricate tattoos of animal forms and geometric shapes were revealed when researchers scanned the mummies with lasers.

A farmer found an ancient human skeleton while ploughing a cassava field in Thailand. Arthit Khotyothi was tilling the earth ...

This is the moment a farmer discovered an ancient human skeleton while tilling a field in Khon Kaen, Thailand on January 4.

Lasers are typically used to remove tattoos from the skin with mixed results. These tight beams of light can also reveal the ...

It is believed that a remote Indonesian island was once home to an ancient human species that could still be alive today.

The surprise discovery that ancient human DNA can survive in sediments and soil is revolutionising the study of Paleolithic ...

Just over 50 years ago, paleontologist Donald Johnson unearthed the remains of "Lucy," an ancient human relative who lived ...

A new archaeological study, conducted along the Jordan River banks south of northern Israel's Hula Valley, offers a fresh ...

So many of the oldest clues about humanity's earliest days have been preserved under the valley's fertile, human soil, ...

Paleontologists have unearthed the 30,000-year-old fossilized remains of what may be the smallest cat ever known to have existed. The fossilized lower jaw fragment was unearthed within the Hualongdong ...