When humans started farming around 10,000 years ago, they reshaped their landscapes, diets, and social structures. A common ...

For years, the story of recent human evolution looked relatively quiet. Scientists studying ancient human DNA had found only ...

A massive study of ancient genomes has revealed that natural selection acted on hundreds of human genes throughout recent ...

Some researchers hold that evolution hasn’t much altered humans in the past 10,000 years. A new analysis of ancient DNA ...

Depictions of dogs in Maya art and archaeological finds point to a variety of possible roles in the ancient culture.

When it comes to ancient Egypt, archaeologists never know what they might find – and visitors are bound to be dazzled by the displays in the recently opened Grand Egyptian Museum in Cairo. In recent ...

A new analysis of classical medical texts suggests dementia was extremely rare in Ancient Greece and Rome 2,000 to 2,500 years ago.

Pushing back the domestication timeline by 5,000 years via ancient DNA, a new study suggests that dogs lived with humans 14,000 to 16,000 years ago.

It might sometimes feel hard to believe when you're looking at a Chihuahua in a cushy dog bed or a golden retriever in a yellow raincoat and boots, but domestic dogs - yes, all domestic dogs - are the ...

A series stone reliefs discovered in southern Turkey is truly befitting of the theater district they were found in. Archaeologists uncovered five distinctly theatrical mask-style reliefs sporting ...