Inequality affected some ancient societies, but not all. Changes in farming – and the animals used in it – might have been a factor which caused it to spiral. 26 November 1922 marks what is arguably ...

Ancient societies adapted to deadly climate swings instead of collapsing, challenging long-held assumptions about drought and ...

Across the ancient world, enormous bells were created not only as instruments, but also as objects with religious, ceremonial ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Studying ancient African societies, like Great Zimbabwe, can reveal how communities dealt with disease and pandemics. Werner ...

For many years, researchers at MPI-EVA have been collecting and analyzing ancient DNA from humans who lived during the past tens of thousands of years. Analyzing these data has allowed the researchers ...

They may be vine-smothered ruins today, but the lost cities of the ancient tropics still have a lot to teach us about how to live alongside nature Visions of “lost cities” in the jungle have consumed ...

Remains of individual “CRU001”, a boy who died at or shortly before birth and was buried in Alto de la Cruz. For many years, researchers at MPI-EVA have been collecting and analyzing ancient DNA from ...

Ancient DNA has revealed a genetic link between the cultures of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, according to research published Wednesday in the journal Nature. Researchers sequenced whole genomes from ...

Oct. 16 (UPI) --When ancient societies formerly ruled by principles of good governance failed, they failed hard. According to a new study published in the journal Frontiers in Political Science, ...