World History

Genome sequencing shows some individuals share family ties with surprising populations, and all boast plenty of Neanderthal relatives

Archaeologists found the bone fragment—engraved with six lines—at a Paleolithic meeting site in Israel

In 1965, a Ukrainian farmer dug up the lower jawbone of a mammoth. Further excavations revealed 4 huts, made up of a total of 149 mammoth bones. These

Scientists share the findings that helped them pinpoint key moments in the rise of our species

The latest research suggests humans first came to the Americas by boat, though along which coast remains controversial. Archaeologists and geologists are working together to try to solve the mystery of how and when the first Americans arrived.

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Years after it was retired from battle, the Trojan horse kept right on rockin'.

Throwing the humor back a little.

View the comic strip for Speed Bump by cartoonist Dave Coverly created May 11, 2017 available on GoComics.com

Scholar Monica Green combined the science of genetics with the study of old texts to reach a new hypothesis about the plague

Smithsonian biological anthropologist Sabrina Sholts says Covid-19 illustrates that what makes us human also makes us more vulnerable to global contagions

Nearly half of the people of Europe died during the fourteenth century in a widespread illness called "The Great Plague" or The Black Death.

1,000-year-old horseshoes, sleds, and tools are emerging from a shrinking ice patch in Norway, telling the story of the rise and fall of a mountain pass and the people who traveled along it.

1,000-year-old horseshoes, sleds, and tools are emerging from a shrinking ice patch in Norway, telling the story of the rise and fall of a mountain pass and the people who traveled along it.

New research suggests that climate change, not a tsunami, doomed the now-submerged territory of Doggerland

The carriage's intricate decorations include metal medallions depicting satyrs, nymphs and cupids

In the second century A.D., the Roman ruler entertained his guests on a raised marble platform surrounded by elaborate fountains

Researchers found traces of bodily fluids, as well as milk and other materials associated with pregnancy, on the ten-foot long parchment