So what should you do if you stumble on a fossil or an artifact in your backyard, at the beach, in a local park or on a rural property.

Over 50 footprints of predecessors of early humans identified in 2017 near Trachilos, Crete shown to be over six million years old.

An Israeli archaeological dig in Jerusalem uncovered an ancient toilet dating back over 2,700 years, when private bathrooms were a luxury.

Footprints found at White Sands National Park in New Mexico provide the earliest unequivocal evidence of human activity in the Americas.

The study provides strong evidence for the manufacture of clothing as far back as 120,000 years ago.

An international collaboration has identified what may be the oldest work of art, a sequence of hand and footprints discovered in Tibet.

Alcoholic beverages have long been known to serve an important socio-cultural function in ancient societies, including at ritual feasts.

Australia’s largest flying reptile has been uncovered, a pterosaur with an estimated seven-metre wingspan that soared like a dragon

A near-perfectly preserved ancient human fossil known as the Harbin cranium sits in the Geoscience Museum in Hebei GEO University