Anthropology and Archaeology News

While we may brush and floss tirelessly and our dentists may regularly scrape and pick at our teeth to minimize the formation of plaque known as tartar or dental calculus, anthropologists may be rejoicing at the fact that past civilizations were not so ca

It may have exceeded 27 feet in length. By comparison, the largest recorded Nile crocodile was less than 21 feet, and most are much smaller

A 2,000-year-old seal bearing a name similar to that of Israel�s prime minister was discovered during excavations near the Western Wall, the Israel Antiquities Authority said

Thirty-seven skeletons found in a mass burial site in the grounds of St John's College may not be who they initially seemed, according to Oxford researchers studying the remains

His DNA has been decoded; samples from his stomach and intestines have allowed us to reconstruct his very last meal

A group of Chinese and Turkish evangelical explorers say wooden remains they have discovered on Mount Ararat in eastern Turkey are the remains of Noah's Ark

One of the most debated developments in human history is the transition from hunter-gatherer to agricultural societies

Analysis of ancient mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) has been used to establish migration and population patterns for American indigenous cultures during the time before Christopher Columbus sailed to the Americas

Researchers from the German Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK�]F) shows the largest arctic carnivore to be five times older than previously recognized

Like a treasure chest stuffed with priceless booty, as many as 20 World War II-era Spitfire planes are perfectly preserved, buried in crates beneath Burma -- and after 67 years underground, they're set to be uncovered