The result is that many modern breeds suffer from ailments that dog lovers never would have deliberately selected for.

Ancient DNA analysis provides new insights into our linguistic roots. Where did the Indo-European language family originate?

Ancient-DNA analyses identify a Caucasus Lower Volga people as the ancient originators of Proto-Indo-European, the precursor ...

Researchers made the new discoveries during field work at the Bronze Age site of Kurd Qaburstan. The research provides insights into regional heritage and fills gaps in knowledge about how ancient ...

Included in the finds were ancient stone hand axes that date back ... a “huge success,” according to a statement from Vrije University Brussel. The team discovered seven Paleolithic sites ...

Bolstered by renowned texts and international trips, the Western Humanities sequence attracts many underclass students, while ...

A 2,000-year-old Herculaneum scroll buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius is filled with lost words that scholars can now ...

The story is similar for each of the families I visit in Anachere, a community of about 90 members of the ancient Tsimane ... Sarah Tishkoff of the University of Pennsylvania.

A new study claims to have identified the first speakers of Indo-European language, which gave rise to English, Sanskrit and ...

Ancient DNA analysis reveals that sheep were domesticated over 11,000 years ago in the Fertile Crescent. By 8,000 years ago, ...

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New research suggests that the first Indo-European speakers lived in southern Russia 6,500 years ago, challenging ...