New evidence suggests that alcohol was a surprisingly big motivator in our monumental transition from hunting and gathering ...

Roughly 10,000 years ago, humans started shifting from being nomadic hunter-gatherers to building large agricultural settlements, marking one of the greatest transformations in human history. This ...

Humans have been getting infected by ancient bacteria and viruses for at least 37,000 years. Now, for the first time, pathogen DNA has uncovered a pivotal disease "turning point" that happened 6,500 ...

Scientists have uncovered DNA from 214 ancient pathogens in prehistoric humans, including the oldest known evidence of plague. The findings show zoonotic diseases began spreading around 6,500 years ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. The Neolithic era marked ancient humanity’s giant leap from ...

Source: Neanderthal-Museum, Mettmann / Wikipedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0 For most of our history as a species, we lived as tribal hunter-gatherers. Modern humans have been around for roughly 200,000 ...

The study of ancient DNA has revolutionised our understanding of human history, enabling scientists to decipher complex population dynamics over tens of thousands of years. By analysing genetic ...

Walking through a supermarket today, you'll find the same vegetables everywhere. Carrots, potatoes, broccoli. Tomatoes lined ...

Many of the ancient southern Africans, including those who lived between about 10,200 and 1,400 years ago, "fall outside the ...