Researchers analyzed 333 Italian centenarians and compared their genetic composition to 103 ancient genomes to investigate ...

Dots, lines, and symbols found beside Ice Age cave paintings have puzzled archaeologists for decades. New research suggests these markings formed a systematic calendar used by hunter gatherers to ...

Utilizing ancient DNA and reliable radiocarbon dating, scientists discovered that common hippos populated Germany’s Upper Rhine valley tens of thousands of years later than initially believed — living ...

Hunter-gatherer genes likely favoured during the last Ice Age could be helping modern-day Italians live longer life ...

The trillions of dollars spent—and still being spent—on reducing emissions have largely been wasted and should cease as soon ...

Some might put it down to luck, while others credit a daily cup of tea - but the secret to living to 100 could be having more ...

Ancient hunter-gatherer genes may hold the secret to living past 100, according to a new study of Italian centenarians and their DNA.

A hiker stumbles upon a 1,700-year-old leather sandal in Norway, as ice recedes and reveals secrets from the Roman past.

These genomes are the oldest yet found of modern humans in Europe, though they were not the first hominids to walk these ...

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The ominous sense that even greater disasters – geopolitical, environmental, cultural – are pencilled on our future calendars ...

From frosty 1338, when Dubliners played football on the Liffey, to the epic snow of 2010, fierce weather conditions often hit ...