Researchers carrying out work at a Mayan burial site in Mexico said this week they found a sealed-off cave that contained human skeletons, along with the remains of over 20 types of animals — ...

Pioneering groups of humans braved icy conditions to settle in northern Europe more than 45,000 years ago, a "huge surprise" that means they could have lived there alongside Neanderthals, scientists ...

Archaeologists have identified Wonderwerk Cave in South Africa’s Kalahari Desert as the world’s oldest home, thanks to new evidence confirming the theory that early humans were already occupying the ...

Researchers in Israel have discovered "four 1,900-year-old, excellently preserved Roman swords" and a javelin head in a "small hidden cave" near the shoreline of the Dead Sea, the country’s ...

A cave painting in Indonesia is the oldest such artwork in the world, dating back at least 51,200 years, according to an international team of researchers who say its narrative scene also makes it the ...

An American caver who became ill with severe gastric pain while exploring a deep, narrow cave system in Turkey last week has been brought about halfway to safety by a Turkish rescue team and is in ...