Ancient DNA from southern Africa is rewriting the story of our species, revealing that some early humans in this region lived ...

Benin City has grown from the historic Kingdom of Benin into a vibrant metropolis with the new Museum of West African Art.

A new ancient DNA study argues that the familiar house cat is a relative latecomer, carried from North Africa into Europe ...

The hunt for the Garden of Eden has usually belonged to theologians and dreamers, not software coders. Yet a computer ...

Religious maps from the 1300s showing tribal Israel inadvertently became the blueprint for how later mapmakers drew political ...

Maps feel simple at first glance, but every now and then one forces you to pause and look again. The maps in this list play ...

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.

Researchers from the School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences (APES) have contributed significantly to a major ...

Fossil skulls reveal how extinct mammals smelled the world, with new research linking olfactory bulb size to gene counts.

The Assyrian business community also had the first businesswomen and female investors. Generous tax breaks were given to ...

An international team of scientists has provided what they describe as the strongest genetic evidence to date for resolving ...