New evidence suggests that alcohol was a surprisingly big motivator in our monumental transition from hunting and gathering ...

In Qingtian's terraced fields, fish and rice thrive in a symbiotic environment. The fish control pests and fertilize the rice ...

A new study shows that Etruscan cities grew through shifting land use, farming, and settlement patterns in ancient Italy.

Archaeologists have long trusted the microscopic smears left on ancient pots and bowls to reconstruct what people once cooked ...

Think you've heard of every vegetable that's ever been grown? Hold that thought.There's an entire forgotten world of crops ...

Archaeologists reveal hidden ancient sites across Greece’s Cyclades islands, uncovering long-lost rural landscapes.

Scientists found that a fungus called Escovopsis living in ant nests has a long and surprising history. New research shows a ...

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 ...

Researchers have found that people living over 8,000 years ago were already using mathematical ideas when they painted ...

Join “olive oil sommelier” Sarah Santa at Winter Park’s Ancient Olive on Thursday, Dec. 11, for an educational BYOB event ...

For decades, archaeologists believed that cats first started living alongside early farming communities in the Levant — covering parts of today’s Middle East and eastern Mediterranean — around 9,500 ...

Archaeologists suspect the ancient society carried out two types of human sacrifices – one that involved mass burials of men ...