D NA’s power to illuminate humanity’s past never ceases to amaze. Collected from those now alive, it shows how their ancestors spread across the world from their African homeland—and, having done so, ...

A royal tomb belonging to an ancient Egyptian King has been unearthed, in what has been called a “remarkable” discovery by ...

The new Ancient Origins product is the result of a new partnership between MyHeritage and Illustrative DNA, a startup company that is at the forefront of ancient ethnicity analysis. Ancient Origins ...

Italian archaeologists have uncovered a complex, ancient necropolis that may shed new light on the elite members of an ...

Ancient DNA is telling us more and more about humans and environments long past. Could it also help rescue the future?

Hidden beneath Egypt’s desert sands, scientists uncovered a nearly complete skull of Bastetodon, a 30-million-year-old ...

New research indicates that hominins migrated into Eurasia approximately 200,000 years earlier than previously believed, ...

Ancient people of Mount Athos, Greece probably owed their longevity to their bizarre eating habits. Let's take a look at the ...

Across the United States and in other places around the world, Valentine’s Day is a holiday celebrated on 14. Valentine’s Day ...

While historians have long debated the holiday's origin story, evidence shows it predates the existence of commercial greeting cards by centuries.

If you’re fed up of modern-day contraceptives, spare a thought for the ancient Romans. While nowadays you can get your hands ...

The ancient Greeks used to make a wide variety of breads, as they considered it to be of great importance in their eating ...