"The Pre-Pottery Neolithic B residents of Motza were surprisingly able to differentiate calcite and dolomite stones and used ...

New DNA evidence shows that Europe’s hunter-gatherers and early farmers interacted far more closely than previously thought, with women likely playing a crucial role in spreading farming across ...

It is expected to be completed and open to the public by summer, before becoming in September a “living-history learning ...

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 ...

Stonehenge might have been a sports arena. Or close to it. English Heritage curator Win Scutt, who looks after the monument, has suggested that the stone circle was a kind of Stone Age competition ...

A new cap on bus fares in the Highlands and islands makes exploring this stunning archipelago in Scotland a breeze ...

Modern plaster cast of the collocatio relief from the Tomb of the Haterii, Rome, taken from a cast in the Museo della Civiltà Romana, Rome. The original relief is now in the Musei Vaticani, Museo ...

From the website History Facts, when did we start drinking cow's milk? After all, drinking another species' milk was unusual.

Foxtail millet cultivated on the northern Loess Plateau, in present-day northern Shaanxi province. [Photo provided to China ...

Research reveals that dog brains shrank significantly 5,000 years ago due to human domestication and decreased cognitive ...

The ancient wonder’s appeal is down to its enduring sense of mystery, says operations manager Julia Richardson ...

In our roundup of travel stories this week: What it’s like inside Air New Zealand’s new bunk beds, why cruise ships are ...