Göbekli Tepe, located in southeastern Turkey, is considered the world's oldest known temple complex predating Stonehenge by ...

Archaeologists unearthed the settlement of the female-dominated Neolithic Dawenkou culture in the Shandong province of eastern China near the estuary of the Yellow River—considered the birthplace of ...

To the music of conch shell trumpets, a 3,800-year-old citadel of the Caral civilization—one of the oldest in the ...

Known as Peñico, the city is now open to tourists. It was once a vibrant urban center that connected coastal, mountain and ...

Peñico was established in 1800 B.C., just after the 5,000-year-old Caral civilization fell due to climate change.

Archaeologists have announced the discovery of the 3,500-year-old ancient city of Penico in Peru’s northern Barranca province ...

BBC News reports that deeper analysis of the object revealed that the strange mark was actually a Neanderthal fingerprint, the oldest known human fingerprint in existence.

Scientists have pinpointed the oldest known evidence of humans making tools from whale bone. The bones, fashioned into narrow projectiles for hunting, had been uncovered in excavations dating back ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists have pinpointed the oldest known evidence of humans making tools from whale bone. The bones, fashioned into narrow projectiles for hunting, had been uncovered in ...

In a recent study, geologists say Michigan is home to the oldest known rock in the nation. Watersmeet gneiss is found in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Minnesota's Morton gneiss previously held the ...

Peru Ministry of Culture The Caral civilization, also known as the Caral-Supe, was the oldest known civilization in the Americas, building up to 30 major cities.