Scientists have uncovered DNA from 214 ancient pathogens in prehistoric humans, including the oldest known evidence of plague ...

In the dry, windswept valleys of Northern Chile, two ancient skeletons are changing how scientists understand the history of ...

Uralic languages, which includes Finnish, Estonian and Hungarian, are distinctly different from Indo-European languages that ...

Far from an attempt to mend an ancient religious dispute, the ongoing talks in Abu Dhabi are best understood as a major ...

An excellent question but one that presumes that stars just go out at some point. That’s not true, however. The hydrogen fusion by which stars shine does end at some point, but that process can take ...

Discover the best cities to visit in Indonesia, from the metropolis of Jakarta and the renowned paradise of Bali to the ...

Ancient zoonotic diseases spiked 6,500 years ago due to farming and migration—reshaping human health and aiding future ...

The death of a Russian Cabinet minister in a field near his posh home in a Moscow suburb has fueled wild speculation about ...

"As soon as that water’s gone, we don’t have another ice age to re-establish it," a retired hydrologist warns.

While interhuman relationships go back to the early years of civilization, marriage has only become commonplace in the recent annals of history. Evidence suggests that marriage as an institution ...