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

The U.S. patent validates a biological approach to degrading glyphosate as pressure grows around herbicide safety and ...

This traditional fermented sticky rice drink from Thailand’s Isan region is rising in the Thai bar scene.

Archaeologists reveal hidden ancient sites across Greece’s Cyclades islands, uncovering long-lost rural landscapes.

Historians have long debated the height of Ancient Greeks, imagining either towering heroes or smaller-than-modern people.

A new archaeological project aims to shed light on how Neolithic rubbish could help understand how Europe's first farmers adapted to a more settled way of life. Although broken pots, animal bones and ...

Think you've heard of every vegetable that's ever been grown? Hold that thought.There's an entire forgotten world of crops that once filled gardens, markets, and dinner tables across Europe and beyond ...

The Fertile Crescent, a boomerang-shaped region spanning modern-day Middle Eastern countries, is considered the cradle of civilization and where farming first emerged. But little is known about how ...

The inundation of water was more than just provision for crops and fields: the Egyptians called the event the coming of Hapy, god of abundance and fertility.

The team analyzed DNA from 225 ancient cat specimens collected across Europe, North Africa, and Anatolia. These were were bones and teeth spanning more than 10,000 years of human history. From these ...

Neolithic ‘chewing gum’ remains reveal the diet, microbes and repairs made by early Alpine farmers thanks to DNA trapped in ...