Researchers analyzed 333 Italian centenarians and compared their genetic composition to 103 ancient genomes to investigate ...

Our hunter-gatherer ancestors have given us many things. They passed down mastery of fire for cooking and early survival ...

Hunter-gatherer genes likely favoured during the last Ice Age could be helping modern-day Italians live longer life ...

The Colorado River is on the verge of crisis. No one has a solution. Archaeologists thought they found wires buried on a farm ...

Scientists discover Bronze Age plague DNA in 4,000-year-old sheep remains, shedding light on how ancient diseases spread ...

Did you know that during medieval times, people presumed washing hair to be an unhealthy practice and rarely preferred it?

CAIRO (AP) — A boat belonging to an Egyptian pharaoh was put on display Tuesday in the Grand Egyptian Museum’s exhibition hall while being reassembled in real time. The cedarwood boat, one of two that ...

In ancient societies, hair washing was never a hurried hygiene task. It was a deliberate act tied to health, energy, and ...

Are there pyramids in Antarctica? A photo appears to show the peak of a pyramid sticking out of the snow in the unforgiving ...

Scotland now has its first curator of osteoarchaeology who will enhance the care of the country’s archaeological human ...

The Ancient Greek winter revolved around Hestia’s hearth and the city’s sacred flame, signifying the importance of fire in ...