Where lies the origin of the Indo-European language family? Researchers contribute a new piece to this puzzle. They analyzed ancient DNA from 435 individuals from archaeological sites across Eurasia ...

A biological anthropologist at the University of Coimbra in Portugal is hypothesizing that the mysterious flat patches found ...

For two centuries, archaeologists, historians, and social scientists studied human societies in search of the origins of hierarchy—a layered structure where power and privilege are concentrated in the ...

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New genetic evidence traces the roots of English, Sanskrit, and hundreds of other languages to a group of hunter-gatherers in ...

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

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The Montana Museum of Art and Culture on the University of Montana campus is offering students a free membership that includes eligibility for merch, such as tote bags, books and ...

Think your juice cleanse is making you healthier? A new Northwestern University study suggests it might be doing the opposite.