Researchers developed a more precise method of understanding ancestry from ancient DNA and used it to identify previously unknown waves of migration. When you purchase through links on our site, we ...

Recent archaeological discoveries are challenging established narratives of human origins and creativity. A 64,000-year-old cave art found in Europe is compelling scientists to rethink timelines of ...

Europe is full of awe-inspiring ancient ruins just waiting to be explored. Humans are estimated to have been living on the European continent for at least 45,000 years, according to scientific ...

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A new study claims to have identified the first speakers of Indo-European language, which gave rise to English, Sanskrit and hundreds of others. By Carl Zimmer In 1786, a British judge named William ...