New Zealand crowds honored Everest pioneer Sir Edmund Hillary, who received a state funeral. In Nepal, Sherpas held traditional prayer services for the beloved mountaineer.
Polynesians and Micronesians show little genetic relation to other South Pacific islanders, suggesting the two groups hail from island-hopping East Asians.
The 15th-century explorer and his crew picked up syphilis-causing bacteria in the New World, a genetic study claims—though some experts say the evidence is inconclusive.
Stone ruins recently discovered in Peru could be the ancient "lost city" of Paititi, according to claims that are drawing serious but cautious response from experts.
The massive land animals were killed off by illnesses and parasites, say the authors of a new book who looked at disease-carrying insects trapped for millions of years in amber.
A proposed law would impose stiff fines on those who create exact replicas or sell images of Egypt's famous antiquities without permission. But is it more bark than bite?
That smile belonged to the wife of a Florentine businessman, Heidelberg University says, claiming to have determined once and for all Leonardo da Vinci's mystery model.
