Well before the Europeans arrived, the indigenous people of North America raised cities that rivaled those an ocean away. From Teotihuacan to Cahokia, these ancient metropolises featured striking ...

A hotspot that now lies in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean was once under the Great Lakes, and may explain why they formed ...

At Ancient Origins, we believe that one of the most important fields of knowledge we can pursue as human beings is our beginnings. And while some people may seem content with the story as it stands, ...

Researchers are revealing the secrets of 6,000-year-old pine forests, preserved in ice patches in the Beartooth Mountains.

At Ancient Origins, we believe that one of the most important fields of knowledge we can pursue as human beings is our beginnings. And while some people may seem content with the story as it stands, ...

Once found in the jungles of Africa, researchers in South America have now discovered links tying these extinct primates to the continent—painting an incredible story of survival against the odds.

"Our understanding of lithospheric growth, or plate growth, along the western margin in North America is becoming clearer, and a big part of that is related to reconstruction of strike-slip faults ...

A single cave appears to host three very different styles of ancient art, two of them unlike anything else known from the ...

“It could be either ancient, silica-rich material that has been there since the formation of the mantle about 4 billion years ...

(AP Photo/Mark Thiessen, File) Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] President-elect Donald Trump has once again suggested he wants to revert the name of North America’s ...