Scientists Tested the '5-Second Rule' for Dropped Food—Here’s What They Found Scientists may have solved why this ancient, ...

We act like we’re the first intelligent species to rule Earth, but the Silurian Hypothesis says that might be arrogance, not fact. If a civilization rose millions of years ago, plate tectonics, ...

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This process, which occurred and spread thousands of years ago, is an example of what is called cultural and biological ...

Fisher Grove State Park embodies everything a lazy weekend getaway should be – accessible yet uncrowded, beautiful without being intimidating, and just far enough from civilization to make you feel ...

At Half Price Books in Beavercreek, Ohio, that aroma beckons bibliophiles into a literary wonderland where time seems to stand still and wallets don’t empty quite as quickly as they might elsewhere.

The chance rediscovery of the ancient Chinese Sanxingdui civilization is legendary in and of itself. In 1929, an unsuspecting peasant in Sichuan province stumbled upon a cache of jade relics while ...

The Indus Valley civilization, located in present-day Pakistan and India, went through four periods of intense drought, which ...

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 discovery of the settlements over the years has led to a new understanding of the Asia Minor and Anatolia regions.

Long drought cycles reshaped settlement choices in the Indus region. These climate stresses likely contributed to its slow ...

The famed “Band of Holes” known as Monte Sierpe in the Andes of Peru have puzzled scientists for a century. New research suggests the holes were the site of an ancient marketplace. The Inca rulers may ...