During the Crusades, warriors travelled from western Europe to the near East, where they mixed and had families with local people, and died together in battle
Even thousands of years ago people wore clothing with colourful patterns made from plant and animal-based dyes
The Wari empire lasted for 500 years, from 600 to 1100 AD: a new study found a factor that might have helped enhance its stability: a steady supply of beer
The soil at the early Neolithic site of Aşıklı Höyük in Turkey offers a distinct signal for following the management of animals there
Across the globe in a variety of societies, royal women found ways to advance the issues they cared about and advocate for the people important to them
Mercury found in ancient rock around the world supports theory that eruptions caused ‘Great Dying’ 252 million years ago.
The case of the Teanaway River: effects of logging show that human activity can significantly erode bedrock, causing geology to fast forward
The modern human face is distinctively different to that of our near relatives and now researchers believe its evolution may have been partly driven by our need for good social skills
New evidence also shows extra mixing between Papuans and one of the two Denisovan groups, suggesting that this group actually lived in New Guinea or its adjacent islands
A new study, published in PNAS, discovered kin relationships among Stone Age individuals buried in megalith tombs on Ireland and in Sweden
