Children from previous relationships growing up as siblings in a new family, couples adopting or fostering children: ...

However, groundbreaking ancient DNA analysis has revealed that these complex social structures were actually widespread in Central Europe more than 5,000 years ago. An international team of ...

The Futura Team represents the pulse of Futura’s editorial department, bringing together a collective expertise dedicated to the dissemination of scientific knowledge. Rather than the work of a single ...

THIS weekend we're beginning a delve into the long history of Ayrshire - from the Neolithic era civilisations up to the Iron Age. Over the next few weeks, we'll look at how the area developed from the ...

The Stone Age was a prehistoric period that lasted more than 3 million years, from the point when human ancestors began using stone tools until the time we invented metalworking. Archaeologists often ...

In Spain, the Cave of the Bats, Albuñol, held a major secret: bowstrings discovered in the 19th century predate those used by the ice mummy Ötzi by more than two millennia, shedding new light on ...