People living on land that used to be part of a large ancient forest are being encouraged to purchase and display plaques to ...

Author Sam Kean writes about how experimental archaeology engages the senses and offers an intimate look into ancient history ...

Poets and writers have woven emotional tales throughout history. Often, we writers describe emotions through body parts. Our hearts ache when we experience unrequited love. We get butterflies in our ...

(Reuters) -About 12,000 years ago, hunter-gatherers who inhabited a swathe of Arabian desert carved life-sized images of ...

When archaeologists study how ancient civilizations traveled, they can use evidence like wagons and stables and roads to understand how goods and people moved on land. But when they want to learn ...

Study reveals how Greek music modes can influence the way people taste flavors, linking sound, emotion, and culinary perception.

Two archaeologists from the American heartland are embarking on an Amazonian adventure to uncover the remains of a lost civilization — proving that world-class research can emerge from the Ozarks just ...

Kristina Douglass wanted to find out the truth about how past communities adapted to environmental change. Her revelatory ...

Because of the ancient interbreeding, many people today from Asia and some other places carry DNA from Denisovans. The findings may change the understanding of the path taken by human evolution in the ...

The Promontory School of Expeditionary Learning recently took students on an overnight field trip to Sevier County, where they saw petroglyphs and artifacts of the Fremont people.

Isotope analysis on debris found at six trash heaps in Wiltshire and the Thames Valley reveals ancient people traveled vast distances to feast together at communal spots, according to a study. Cardiff ...