Extreme droughts did always not coincide with Mayan abandonment of sites, such as Chichén Itzá, according to a new study published in Science Advances
Culinary traditions were largely unaffected at the time of the dispersal of millet and rice agriculture from Korea to Japan
Teenage diaries from Stalin’s Russia reveal boys’ struggles with love, famine and Soviet pressure to achieve; the study has been published in the journal Slavic Review
The Song of Wade, by Geoffrey Chaucer: decoding a lost English legend, solving a mystery and revealing a medieval preacher’s meme
Before dispersing out of Africa, Humans learned to thrive in diverse habitats, according to a new study published in Nature
Cutmarks on a 4,000-year-old Egyptian skull could indicate an attempt at operating on excessive tissue growth or to learn more about cancer
Revealed: face of Shanidar Z, a 75,000-year-old female Neanderthal from the cave where species supposedly buried their dead
Movement of crops, animals played a key role in domestication, as a long-term gene flow between wild and domestic species was much more common than previously appreciated
Must Farm: study reveals ‘cozy domesticity’ of prehistoric stilt-house dwellers in England’s ancient marshland
People living in ancient Eastern Arabia appear to have developed resistance to malaria following the appearance of agriculture in the region around five thousand years ago
