For decades, archaeologists have argued about what happened next. Some pictured an apocalypse that wiped out all human life near the blast. Others claimed people survived even close to the eruption. A new international study led by Lund University says...

Around 13,800 years ago, hunters set up camp on a small ridge above the Tanana River in interior Alaska. Spruce trees cover the spot today. Back then, shrub tundra rolled across the land. Archaeologists now call the place Shég’ Xdaltth’i’,...

We can't say for sure what made that hole, but in a new study in Scientific Reports, researchers suggest it was probably a spear, meaning this could be the earliest known example of an interpersonal spear attack in the hominin...

A new study published Wednesday (Oct. 14) in the journal Science Advances suggests some of the first people in North America lived through extreme climate change at the peak of the last ice age. Researchers studied ancient pollen locked in...