By the Viking Age, cats with a new genetic haplogroup, IV-D, show up in York, Orkney, and even Galway, Ireland. The Norse ...

As readers may recall, the Venice Biennale debacle was discussed at some length in this column on Saturday, March 1. The ...

Erased from the Face of the Earth' is on display at the M ... the first photo of the whole Earth and the only ever taken by a human. Fifty years on, new images of the planet reveal visible changes ...

Scholars have long debated whether human activity or climatic factors prompted the Neolithic Revolution, the transition from ...

The research challenges long-standing debates over whether the Neolithic Revolution was triggered by human action or climate. Using a multidisciplinary approach, Frumkin analyzed a range of ...

The Stone Age was a prehistoric period that lasted more than 3 million years, from the point when human ancestors began ... to 10,000 years ago), and the Neolithic (10,000 to 4,000 years ago ...

but the poignant passing of Pope Francis on Easter Monday will be mourned by millions of Catholics and others who appreciate how he gave such a human face to the papacy. He was a strong contrast ...

Bite marks discovered on the skeleton of a gladiator in Roman-era England suggest the man faced off with a lion in the arena, ...

Gladiator combat is a well-documented aspect of ancient Roman society, but the physical remains of fighters have remained ...