Thousands of years ago, a group of hunter-gatherers roamed the steppes of southern Russia, fishing in its rivers and hunting ...

A new study claims to have identified the first speakers of Indo-European language, which gave rise to English, Sanskrit and ...

New research has uncovered the earliest traces of lead contamination caused by human activities, linking the development of ...

Ancient DNA analysis reveals that sheep were domesticated over 11,000 years ago in the Fertile Crescent. By 8,000 years ago, ...

For decades, the leading theory for the ubiquity of Indo-European languages was that early farmers, living in a region known ...

The human race is presented like a museum exhibit—a grimly compelling concept, but one that makes for a glitchy play.

The venerable auction house is unloading one-of-a-kind gold necklaces, rings, trinkets and more from ancient Greece, Rome and ...

A mix of ancient divinities, Aphrodite was patron over love, beauty, fertility, and war. But the venerated Greek deity has a ...

Variety announced today that New Queer Cinema trailblazer Gus Van Sant (My Own Private Idaho, Milk) will be supporting the upcoming “psychosexual thriller” Antinous, named after ancient Roman ...

A prize offered by an Indian state leader is intended to shed light on a Bronze Age civilization — and settle a cultural ...

Cardiff University plans to make up to 400 academic staff redundant as it grapples with a £31 million funding black hole ...