From Nordic lullabies to Grimm’s fairytales, the wolf has always haunted the edges of human history. Even today, wolves would ...

Ancient Nubians who lived between the 7th and 9th centuries tattooed the cheeks and foreheads of their infants and toddlers.

The wisdom of water runs deep in Chinese culture. In 2014, at a welcoming banquet during the 22nd APEC Economic Leaders' ...

Baby Vanga lost her sight at age 12 after being caught in a tornado, an event that coincided with the emergence of her ...

A newly reconstructed fossil face from Ethiopia reveals surprising complexity in early human evolution. By digitally fitting together teeth and fossilized bone fragments, researchers reconstructed a ...

London, UK - 18 Dec, 2025 - A little over two thousand years ago, an unusual star was seen in the skies above Jerusalem, ...

Over 8,000 years ago, early farming communities in northern Mesopotamia were already thinking mathematically—long before ...

These out-of-place artifacts, or OOPArts, are surprising for their place and time — but there's an explanation behind each ...

Amongst the most enduring mythical creatures, which were present in so many ancient cultures, are the dragons. Appearing frequently in folklore and tales from China in the east to Europe in the west, ...

Experts on the world's major river civilizations gathered this week in Chongqing to exchange their insights on how to protect and promote cultures. Themed "Bridging Rivers and Seas, Sharing Wisdom of ...

Humans were isolated in southern Africa for about 100,000 years, which caused them to "fall outside the range of genetic variation" seen in modern-day people, a new genetic study reveals. The finding ...