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A team of scientists led by the British Museum have unearthed the earliest known evidence of fire making, dating back over 400,000 years, in a field in Suffolk.

Scientists trace the origins of human kissing back over 20 million years to ancient apes who first showed gentle ...

The humble plant that grows in the Nile had a huge impact on the written word in ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome and thereby on the cultures of the rest of the world. A small museum in Cairo shows how ...

In the Swiss Alps, a plan to tidy up Romansh—spoken by less than one per cent of the country—set off a decades-long quarrel ...

Some common foods that we have in our pantries can be traced back to ancient times. Take a look at the deep history of our ...

Wisconsin Historical Society experts identified 16 dugout canoes in Lake Mendota, including the oldest recorded canoe from ...

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Ancient barley grains dating back 5,000 years were recently unearthed in Turkey — preserved only because they were burned. The Anadolu Agency (AA), a state-run outlet in Ankara, reported the discovery ...