Most people alive today carry fragments of Neanderthal DNA in their genome. Now scientists are gaining a more intimate ...

A team of researchers in the Netherlands set out to decipher the rules of an ancient Roman board game, with an assist from artificial intelligence.

An architectural history class created an exhibition at McCabe, transforming the campus landmark into a living archive of its own history.

Could a Moroccan cave hold a crucial piece of the puzzle of human origins? Hominin fossils dating back 773,000 years discovered in the country are bringing new evidence to the debate about the last ...

Colorado has long been a canvas for the American imagination: snow-capped peaks, gold rush lore, cowboy grit and ski towns ...

The lore of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe has evolved over the decades, and originally was quite different from what most know. The post How MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE Lore Evolved Over 40 ...

Long before the famous Underground Railroad, those seeking freedom from slavery traveled on foot, by boat and under cover of darkness to Fort Mose in Spanish-controlled Florida ...

Jermain Wesley Loguen opened his home to fugitives fleeing the South. He publicized this work openly, risking arrest or even re-enslavement ...

Indigenous slavery, which lasted for centuries, has gone by many names. A new public history project wants us to see it for what it was.

Like other drug lords, Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, known as “El Mencho,” had spent years avoiding the spotlight.

Ancient DNA shows that hunter-gatherers in northwestern Europe endured for millennia, with women driving a gradual cultural shift toward farming.

Long ago, when Romans wanted to build a new temple, they would head to the nearby quarries of Tivoli, chisel out blocks of porous ...