Since humans discovered the power and capability that comes with numbers, we have lived in societies that enable us to … ...

A pair of landmark studies, published Wednesday in the journal Nature, has finally identified the originators of the ...

Small entities might once again need to relearn how to hedge between great powers. One forgotten highborn woman from history provides some ancient realist lessons.

The Denisovans provided the genetic difference for Asian and Australid populations, two of the four “root races” from which ...

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

As Mongolia's mining sector drives unprecedented economic growth, the nation grapples with preserving its ancient pastoral ...

New research suggests that the first Indo-European speakers lived in southern Russia 6,500 years ago, challenging ...

Archaeologists used to think that the Clovis people were the first inhabitants of the Americas some 13,500 years ago. The evidence from these ancient sites says otherwise. More recently ...

Researchers have uncovered the origins and genetic diversity of the Fulani, one of Africa's largest pastoral populations. The ...

In central Canada, a newly uncovered 11,000-year-old settlement is challenging the notion that early Indigenous people were ...

Over 5,300 years ago, ancient herders known as the Yamna people emerged from the steppes of what is now Ukraine, going on to ...