A 7,000-year-old femur bone belonging to an antelope, discovered in a South African cave, has revealed the earliest confirmed use of a multi-component arrow poison. Three modified bone arrowheads were ...

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

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

Spanning an area of 50 hectares in the Great Rift Valley, between the extinct volcanoes of Mount Olorgesailie and Mount ...

New research shows that when an asteroid slammed into the moon billions of years ago, it carved out a pair of grand canyons ...

This is believed to be the first ... Discovery of 'Punk' and 'Emo' Fossils Challenges Our Understanding of Ancient Molluscs Jan. 8, 2025 — Researchers have unearthed two fossils, named Punk and ...

Sheep have been intertwined with human livelihoods for over 11,000 years. As well as meat, their domestication led to humans ...

We had worked together to publish the chemical constituents of a 500-year-old medicine container discovered in the Eastern ...

If your symptoms are serious or your doctor thinks something else is causing them, they might recommend a prescription medicine. Most people don't need any kind of treatment for mild cold symptoms.

A symbol of health and medicine around the world to this day ... However, the healer later became a heroic figure in the ancient world and eventually received god status. Asclepius’ cult began in ...

WEST AFRICA has long been a source of booze. In Yoruba mythology Obatala, a deity sent to create humans, stumbled on palm wine and fell into a drunken slumber before completing the task.