In a cave overlooking the ocean on the southern coast of South Africa, archaeologists discovered thousands of stone tools, created by ancient humans roughly 20,000 years ago. By examining tiny details ...

Scientists say that the geographical North Pole is on the move and could shift nearly 90 feet (27 metres) by 2100.

Unusual rocks on an Icelandic beach were dropped there by icebergs, adding to evidence that an unusually cool period preceded ...

Gunung Padang, first re-discovered by Dutch explorers in 1890, is said to be the world's oldest pyramid. Studies show that ...

New research reveals that post-ice age sea levels rose over a meter per century during key periods and totaled about 38 ...

One of the biggest challenges in predicting Antarctica's deeply uncertain future is understanding exactly what's driving its ...

At the edge of the Himalayas, where Pakistan’s snow-capped peaks rise above dry valleys, villagers have found an ingenious ...

Ice Age climate shifts triggered major population changes in prehistoric Europe through migration and adaptation.

A 30-meter sediment core extracted from the “Great Blue Hole” in Belize offers the longest continuous record of storm ...

In 1944, near the town of Plainview - 45 miles north of Lubbock - archeologists discovered two dozen examples of a previously ...