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Remains of hundreds of 7,000-year-old 'standing stone circles' discovered in Saudi Arabia
Archaeologists in Saudi Arabia have now excavated eight ancient stone circles that likely served as homes to people more than 7,000 years ago.
Spartacus, the gladiator who led a slave revolt against the Romans
The Thracian gladiator Spartacus, a popular character in movies and television, outsmarted the Romans until his demise in the first century B.C.
Site of epic 'clash' between Spartacus and Romans uncovered
The fortification was built to corral the slave-revolt leader and his forces.
Paleo-Arabic inscription on rock was made by Prophet Muhammad's companion before he converted, study finds
The writing is only the second confirmed inscription whose attribution connects to Muhammad.
Who were the Neanderthals, our extinct human relatives?
Neanderthals are an extinct group of hominins that emerged around 400,000 years ago and died off around 40,000 years ago. They are our closest known relatives and interbred with Homo sapiens.
Neanderthals didn't truly go extinct, but were rather absorbed into the modern human population, DNA study suggests
Modern human DNA may have made up a surprisingly large amount of the Neanderthal genome, a new study finds.
Ancient stone circles in Norway were hiding a dark secret: dozens of children's graves
A Bronze and Iron Age burial ground for children that was unearthed in Norway was used for 600 years, and archaeologists aren't sure why.
4,500-year-old tomb in France reveals secrets of how 'European genome' came to be
Researchers used DNA analysis to learn more about ancient human interbreeding.
