In a region known for hosting some of the earliest evidence of modern humans, DNA analysis was sparse. Until now.

A timeline of 485 million years of Earth’s surface temperatures shows ancient greenhouse conditions were hotter than scientists thought.

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

The ancient Greeks were well versed in the spectrum of gender and queerness, often taking up the theme of sexuality with ...

One of the "last" Neanderthal individuals has been found in a cave in France, revealing a previously unknown lineage.

An effort to understand Earth’s past climates uncovered a history of wild temperature shifts and offered a warning on the ...

Author Linda Ambrus Broenniman shares her thoughts on writing a family history for a family she never knew she had.

In June 2023, an archaeological find in the Peloponnese rewrote ancient Greek history, in one of the most sensational ...

After more than 10,000 years of use, the ancient cultures and indigenous communities ... who documents the history of indigenous knowledge, says that psychedelic use likely stretches back much ...

A new way of looking at tooth enamel could give scientists a path to deeper understanding of the health of human populations, ...

Ancient DNA has provided spectacular insights into human history, particularly in Europe and Asia, where researchers have reconstructed the genomes of thousands of people. However, fewer than two ...

Edward Watts, a professor of history at the University of California, San Diego, delivered a lecture this past Wednesday ...