(CN) — Cannibalism, whether to stave off death by starvation or within the confines of ritual ceremony, is regarded as one of the most extreme human practices. And there are still many questions as to ...

Archaeologists working in the depths of Kateřinská Cave have made a series of remarkable discoveries that challenge our understanding of ancient human activity in Central Europe. Recent excavations ...

In a Caribbean cave, researchers discovered hundreds of fossils with bee nests within them. It is the first time this behavior has been recorded, a new study finds.

A calcite formation hidden in a southern Nevada cave has turned out to be one of the longest and most detailed climate archives ever found on land, preserving a near-continuous record that stretches ...

Deep within a long-sealed cave overlooking the Loire River in central France, scientists have uncovered what may be the earliest known Neanderthal cave engravings. Hidden for tens of thousands of ...

Researchers have dated the mysterious skull from Petralona Cave in Greece to 300,000 years ago and concluded that the fossil belonged to an ancient human group that lived alongside Neanderthals. When ...