Discovered over a century ago, the late Upper Paleolithic archeological site included stone and bone tools, evidence of ...

Fast-forward to the 21st century, and thanks to the wonders of genetic research, we’re now closer than ever to pinpointing ...

The Bronze Age was a period of intensive contacts in the Levant, Egypt, Mesopotamia and southern Europe. It rapidly developed ...

The coming-of-age story is a timeless genre -- often poignant, usually powerful, and sometimes funny -- and movies with this theme can be a great way to expose kids to important life lessons. These ...

Imagine an entire era of thriving civilizations, trade, and culture - wiped out in just 50 years. The Bronze Age Collapse ...

Climate change, invasions, and economic decline contributed to the collapse of Mediterranean Bronze Age civilizations.

By 1600 b.c., less than one in 20 bones found at sites in the Levant typically come from pigs, and most of those appear to be ...

New genetic evidence traces the roots of English, Sanskrit, and hundreds of other languages to a group of hunter-gatherers in ...

Alexander the Great visited the city of Troy while on his campaign against the Persian Empire. What did he do while he was there?

Ancient DNA analysis reveals that sheep were domesticated over 11,000 years ago in the Fertile Crescent. By 8,000 years ago, ...

For decades, the leading theory for the ubiquity of Indo–European languages was that early farmers, living in a region known ...

Many people date partners roughly their age, but some people have quite large age gaps in their relationships. However, there has not been a lot of systematic psychological research to find out ...