Ancient linkups may have happened more frequently between female humans and male Neanderthals, according to an new genetic ...

There were schools of thought in Ancient Greece that speculated about extraterrestrial life, in trying to answer questions ...

When ancient humans interbred, new research shows that the pairings were predominantly male Neanderthals and female Homo ...

Instead of depicting the Trojan War from Homer’s “Iliad” as originally deduced, the mosaic may be of the same conflict in Aeschylus’ “Phrygians.” ...

In our roundup of travel stories this week: a man recreates his father’s round-the-world bicycle trip, a luxury yacht that ...

For a long time, we've been sold the idea that Genghis Khan, the 13th century founder of the Mongol Empire, was so phenomenally prolific that one in 200 men alive today carries his exact Y chromosome.

From Aberaeron to Wrexham, there are so many place names that we may not know the origin behind ...

On Saturday night, the Islamic Republic of Iran confirmed what hours of silence had already telegraphed: Ayatollah Ali ...

“Today is not simply the conclusion of a process,” Murphy told the assembled dignitaries. “May the repatriation of these Ban Chiang antiquities stand as a symbol of respect – for Thailand’s history, ...

On a quiet morning, as Dr. Kelum Manamendra-Arachchi celebrates another year of life, it is not difficult to imagine him where he has always belonged—somewhere between forest and memory, between bone ...

Jesus of Nazareth wasn’t launched by a PR team or a marketing campaign. He was a Jewish preacher executed around AD 30 under Pontius Pilate, a Roman governor that historians outside the Bible mention ...

Windsor's recent arrest has prompted calls to have the former 'Prince' removed from the royal line of succession ...