Some DNA passed down from ancient hunter-gatherers has been found to be a crucial force in living to be 100 years old.

For the first time, scientists have reconstructed the ancient genomes of human betaherpesvirus 6A and 6B (HHV-6A/B) from ...

Every therapy, medicine, protocol, consultation, and training system at Madhavbaug represents a seamless balance between ...

Understanding this crucial point in human history has focused on the Dmanisi Hominid Archaeological Site in Georgia where ...

The textbook version of the "Out of Africa" hypothesis holds that the first human species to leave the continent around 1.8 million years ago was Homo erectus. But in recent years, a debate has ...

Researchers analyzed 333 Italian centenarians and compared their genetic composition to 103 ancient genomes to investigate human longevity.

Archaeologists working in eastern England say they have found the earliest known traces of humans deliberately kindling fire, ...

Fire is a fundamental part of life on Earth. But what is it really? Science tells us it isn't matter at all, but a chemical ...

On Wednesday, Nov. 5, University of Massachusetts classics lecturer Joseph Wilson took the students in his course, Technology in the Ancient World, to the glassblowing laboratory of Sally Prasch. The ...

Ancient Nubian civilizations practiced something that might shock modern sensibilities - they tattooed the faces of infants and toddlers as young as seven months old. A new study using advanced ...

The Greeks proposed the idea that humans are a form of artificial intelligence. Prometheus and Hephaestus use technology to ...

Scientists studied a mammal that lived 250 million years ago and found they had an eardrum that could detect and react to ...