Archaeologists have long assumed that Stone Age tombs in Ireland were built for royalty. But a new analysis of DNA from 55 skeletons found in these 5,000-year-old graves suggests that the tombs were ...

There is variability in the level of conscience in individuals (from serial killers to people who have a very strong sense of morality that is not religious dogma masquerading as conscience), as the ...

Learn more about the new research that backs up the theory that the bluestones of Stonehenge were carried or dragged by ...

The Cerny people were, however, clearly capable of building large structures. Along the Seine and Yonne Rivers, and more recently at the village of Fleury-sur-Orne on the Caen Plain in Normandy, ...

A recent study has revealed that human consumption of chicken has so drastically altered the bird’s morphology over just a ...

In a series of "victory" celebrations more than 6,000 years ago in northeastern France, a group of defenders severed the left arms of their conquered enemies and buried them in pits, archaeologists ...

A reanalysis of ancient DNA shows that a major cultural change took place in Ireland after four centuries of farming. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

The Cerny people were, however, clearly capable of building large structures. Along the Seine and Yonne Rivers, and more recently at the village of Fleury-sur-Orne on the Caen Plain in Normandy, ...

White Americans cheering at public lynchings of black slaves (before the Civil War) and black Americans (after the Civil War). White Americans systematically dismantling and destroying Native American ...