High on the sheer limestone cliffs in southwest China, ancient wooden coffins remain wedged into rock faces hundreds of feet ...

Ancient thinkers struggled to tell facts from falsehoods just like we do – and their strategies are still relevant today.

Our hunter-gatherer ancestors have given us many things. They passed down mastery of fire for cooking and early survival ...

Greek philosopher Thales of Miletus, often described as the West's first scientist, believed the whole Earth was suspended on ...

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

Scientists have uncovered ancient wolf remains on a small Baltic island where wolves could only have been brought by humans.

Christian, Jewish and other religious congregations across America have in recent years been introducing meditation practices ...

Scientists discover Bronze Age plague DNA in 4,000-year-old sheep remains, shedding light on how ancient diseases spread ...

As gluten-free foods are increasingly recognized, this ancient grain not only lacks gluten, but packs a nutritional punch you ...

US pledges $2B for UN humanitarian aid as Trump slashes funding and warns agencies to 'adapt or die' ...

Hunter-gatherer genes likely favoured during the last Ice Age could be helping modern-day Italians live longer life ...