Ancient thinkers struggled to tell facts from falsehoods just like we do – and their strategies are still relevant today.

Scientists used mtDNA to confirm what many researchers had long suspected: the Chinese “dragon man” Harbin skull belonged to ...

Centuries of excavations have unearthed a few theories about what really brought down one of the oldest cities in the ancient ...

In a hillside cemetery in southern Italy, the bones of a small Bronze Age community have yielded a secret that their stone graves never hinted at. Ancient DNA pulled from those remains has exposed a ...

The Slavic horoscope is an ancient system of astrological signs based on observations of nature, the cycles of the Moon and Sun, as well as ancestral beliefs. Each sign is associated with a person's ...

To most modern Britons the words ‘Yule Log’ probably bring to mind that masterstroke of marketing that has enabled ...

Ancient DNA is turning Europe’s deep past from a sketch into a family album. Instead of guessing who first called the continent home, researchers can now read genetic traces from teeth, bones and cave ...