An ancient society near the southern shores of Lake Titicaca in modern-day Bolivia was once one of the continent's most ...

DNA from a skull found at Newgrange once sparked theories of a royal incestuous elite in ancient Ireland, but new research ...

In a quiet corner of eastern China, nestled between the Tai-Yi Mountains and the Bohai Sea, a discovery has upended ...

The 5,000-year-old tomb was once thought to be the preserve of high society but new research suggests that's not the case.

New technologies, together with the work and performance of the world's leading scientists and researchers, have made it possible in recent years to put into context many of the my ...

The Fujia site shows two maternal clans linked by marriage, suggesting that nearly 5,000 years ago, women may have played a ...

Ancient DNA from a Neolithic village in China reveals a rare matrilineal society in which people were buried alongside their ...

In a groundbreaking discovery using DNA technology, Chinese scientists have found evidence of a prehistoric matrilineal society in East China, marking a huge stride in studies of early human social ...

What made this ancient society sacrifice its own children? Some 500 years ago, the Chimú in what is now Peru ritually killed hundreds of their young in the largest mass child sacrifice events ...

Diet revolution: Bronze Age communities rapidly adopted drought-resistant millet as a staple crop between 1540-1480 BCE, ...

PREHISTORIC INHABITANTS. Following the melting of the last glacial advances, ca. 15,000 years ago, northeast Ohio was an area of slow, ... and in the technology and society of its prehistoric ...