A new study concludes that the infamous Piltdown Man fossils, once believed to represent the missing evolutionary link between apes and humans, were the work of a single forger.
New carbon dating of ancient teeth found on the Indonesian island of Flores suggests early humans may have driven the “hobbit” species Homo floresiensis into extinction.
A team of archaeologists and oceanographers excavating the famous Antikythera shipwreck in Greece recently extracted a 2,100-year-old human skeleton from its watery grave.
After 200 years of rumors, two organizations have recognized the African-American descendants of the first U.S. president’s step-grandson (and adopted son).
Jane Haining, a matron at a Scottish missionary school in Budapest, refused to abandon her young Jewish charges—and gave her life for it.
Five volunteers at the 9/11 Tribute Center in Lower Manhattan share their thoughts about the day that forever changed them—and the world.
Fifty years after the cult classic science fiction TV series “Star Trek” made its debut, take a look back at its enduring cultural impact.
Scientists have confirmed that the Black Death and another huge plague epidemic in the sixth century were caused by different strains of the same bacterium.
