A prize offered by an Indian state leader is intended to shed light on a Bronze Age civilization — and settle a cultural battle.

Our early human ancestor was capable of running, if slowly, a new study finds.

An ancient cemetery reveals a Celtic tribe that lived in England 2,000 years ago and that was organized around maternal lineages, according to a DNA analysis.

With a tool often used in the study of dinosaur fossils, scientists uncovered new details in ornate tattoos on the skin of members of the Chancay culture of Peru.

For 14 years, scientists have been growing a tree akin to the Judean balsam — the source of the balm of Gilead — but with no modern counterpart.

A study of a 12,800-year-old skull of a toddler offers a glimpse at how early Americans found food, and how their hunts may have led to a mass extinction.

Egyptians may have used hallucinogenic substances as part of a fertility rite, researchers said.