Ancient Greek physician Hippocrates was first to use the word hysteria, from the Greek hysteron (uterus), for an ailment that affected women.

Latnija cave discoveries show Mesolithic humans crossed 100 km of sea to reach Malta 1,000 years earlier than previously ...

While interhuman relationships may go back to the early years of humanity, there is one ritual known the world over that has a much more recent history ... embraced by the ancient Hebrews ...

Researchers have precisely dated key fossil sites in Central Anatolia, Türkiye, to 7-10 million years ago using a new ...

A piece of amber from the early Miocene was discovered in the northern mines of the Santiago Providence of the Dominican Republic and then deposited in a natural history museum, according to a study ...

From the location of the “place of skulls” to ancient Jewish burial rites, here’s what archaeologists do—and don’t—know about ...

Three consecutive years of drought contributed to the 'Barbarian Conspiracy', a pivotal moment in the history of Roman Britain, a new study reveals. Researchers argue that Picts, Scotti and Saxons ...

Child sacrifice was thought to be rare in their culture. This chilling discovery suggests foreign invaders played a role.

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Colossal explained how the pups were "brought back from extinction" using genetic edits which came from a complete dire wolf genome which was "meticulously reconstructed" from ancient DNA found in ...

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