A newly discovered set of footprints in Kenya provides the first evidence that two different species of ancient human ...

About 1.5 million years ago, individuals of two different species in the human evolutionary lineage trudged on a muddy ...

Pre-Maya hunter-gatherers built the system in Central America in response to a drought between 2200 and 1900 B.C.E., ...

During excavations in Ireland, an ancient fig dating back 2,000 years was unearthed. The finding of the fig marks a ...

From reds to whites and merlots to sauvignon blancs, France is wine country. The 8,000-year-old tradition took root in France ...

Meet Max, a young boy who loves going on walks with his Irish Wolfhound, Chicken. He knows they look quite a pair when ...

Using ancient samples, the scientists were able to peer into the past and reveal new markers of adaptation from the early ...

Archaeologists in Dublin have unearthed the charred fragments of a 2000-year-old fig, the earliest evidence of exotic fruits ...

Awareness about haemochromatosis - a genetic condition that also affects people from Scotland, Wales, England, and Brittany - ...

Researchers have discovered evidence of the oldest alphabetic writing in human history. The writing was etched onto clay cylinders discovered during a dig at an ancient Syrian city.

New research on ancient DNA uncovers complex migration patterns, family ties and endogamy in the prehistoric Aegean region.