An analysis of ancient and modern DNA suggests the extent of convergent evolution in different peoples around the world is even greater than we thought ...

India, March 10 -- Agriculture has been the backbone of human civilisation since the earliest settlements. From ancient subsistence farming to modern precision agriculture, the sector has continuously ...

What if you could taste food from thousands of years ago? Archaeologists keep uncovering perfectly preserved foods, some of which are still edible today. These remarkable discoveries show how our ...

Stretching through sand and ancient history, the Nile brings water, fertility, and a sense of continuity to daily life in Egypt.

Mushrooms have been used by ancient humans for millennia, but archaeologists have only just uncovered their pivotal role in ...

Ancient plant viruses infecting modern crops likely evolved in wild plants before the last Ice Age and later spread across continents.

Olive oil tourism (oleotourism) attracts increasing numbers of visitors who seek authentic experiences in olive oil-producing countries.

History has a way of dulling misery with distance. From the safety of the present, we like to think our current crises are ...

Researchers used molecular signatures in mobile DNA to trace the evolutionary origins of the cultivated strawberry genome.

Chemical clues in ancient bones reveal how diet, especially millet consumption, helped define social identity in Bronze Age Poland.

Shards from the Baltic region showed higher traces of freshwater fish, with some regions also including berries, sea beetroot, flowering rush, beets, and sea club-rush tubers. There were also traces ...