Here, we explore six notable civilizations that have collapsed, shedding light on some of the causes behind their demise and some interesting parallels relative to today. Ancient civilizations that ...

Researchers believe a fragmented comet that is thought to have exploded above Earth almost 13,000 years ago may have had a role in the disappearance of mammoths, mastodons, and most other megafauna ...

Shamahi charts humanity's evolutionary odyssey. We sat down with her to discuss the path of our species out of Africa to ...

How did humans become human? Understanding when, where and in what environmental conditions our early ancestors lived is ...

Smoke-drying mummification of human remains was practiced by hunter-gatherers across southern China, southeast Asia and ...

Michael Gurven on the 3 greatest revelations he had while writing Seven Decades: How We Evolved to Live Longer ...

An examination of charring on skeletons showed signs they had been exposed to low heat over long periods of time, which would ...

Archaeological excavations at Aşıklı Höyük, a 10,000-year-old settlement located in the Cappadocia region of Central Anatolia ...

How old is your food? Before food was a choice, it was a necessity — the bare minimum only eaten and endured in order to ...