Scientists read ancient DNA from South African hunter gatherers and found a very early human branch that shaped survival ...

It seems that southern Africa provided an ecological refuge where people adapted successfully for more than 200,000 years – ...

A surprising study has uncovered a link between a massive volcanic eruption in 1345 and the onset of the Black Death, Europe's deadliest pandemic. The discovery reveals how a catastrophic chain of ...

Historians have long debated the height of Ancient Greeks, imagining either towering heroes or smaller-than-modern people.

Ancient Chinese astronomers observed a solar eclipse in 709 BCE with remarkable detail. These old records are now helping ...

While we share bones, joints, and internal plumbing with the rest of the animal kingdom, one tiny facial feature is uniquely ...

A new book suggests 98 percent of the ideas and knowledge humans learned through history have been lost in time ...

New research shows early humans relied on many plant foods. They ground seeds, cooked roots, and used simple tools long ...

The Stoic dichotomy treats betrayal like weather. Plato knew better: another person's choices flow from character—and ...

Sixteen dugout canoes, some older than Egypt’s pyramids, have been identified beneath a Wisconsin lake, turning a quiet ...

In 1750, Maharaja Marthanda Varma offered Travancore to Lord Padmanabha, creating a kingdom ruled by God, not crown. Beneath ...

Its massive trunk and dense evergreen crown have made it more than a tree; it is a national symbol, a spiritual icon and a reminder of gritty endurance against all odds ...