After careful analysis, Hansen and colleague Christophe Helmke believe they may finally have the answer—and the evidence has ...

Researchers analyze artifacts and murals from Teotihuacan and find evidence of a language from the Mesoamerican language family known as Uto-Aztecan.

The archaeological site at Turkey’s Boğazköy-Hattusha, the former capital of the Bronze Age Hittite empire, is a hotbed of ancient languages. During excavations of the ruins, archaeologists uncovered ...

More than two millennia ago, Teotihuacan was a thriving metropolis in central Mexico with up to 125,000 inhabitants. The city ...

This now-extinct tongue was probably spoken somewhere in Eurasia as many as 8,000 years ago. But how do we know ...

A groundbreaking international study changes the view that exposure to the toxic metal lead is largely a post-industrial phenomenon.

In her humble home on the red soil of the Green Kalahari, 92-year-old Katrina Esau listened intently as her two ...

Excerpted with permission from the publisher Proto: How One Ancient Language Went Global,‎ Laura Spinney, published by ‎William Collins.

The Caddo Nation of Oklahoma announced his death on July 14, describing Johnson as a "vital knowledge bearer of our language" and "treasured elder" The tribe plans to continue their work to preserve ...

The ancient Greek language and culture spread through Africa following the conquests of Alexander the Great on the continent.