Surprising leap in ancient human technology tied to environmental upheaval Sediment core evidence reveals the critical factors that may have given rise to strikingly complex behaviors some 320,000 ...

Passive cooling systems are increasingly vital to a warming world. Here's how one research team hopes to harness ancient tech to do it.

Robots, clocks and computers: How Ancient Greeks got there first By George Georgiopoulos and Deborah Kyvrikosaios February 18, 20206:11 AM PSTUpdated February 18, 2020 ...

Over two weeks in Egypt, independent researchers investigate ancient sites like Saqqara, the Serapeum, and Abusir—searching for clues of advanced technology hidden in plain sight. From 80 tons ...

As ancient humans came up with more advanced stone tools and other technologies, they also improved their communication and teaching skills, in order to pass their newfound abilities onto the next ...

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Cutting-edge A.I. is helping translate 2,500-year-old clay tablet documents from Persia's Achaemenid Empire. Here's what researchers have developed to assist.

Builders knew how to keep people cool in hot, dry climates thousands of years ago. It's time to get that knowledge back.