This has been quite the wild year in human evolution stories. Our relatives, living and extinct, got a lot of attention—from ...

Understanding this crucial point in human history has focused on the Dmanisi Hominid Archaeological Site in Georgia where ...

The chocolate industry is currently worth about $150 billion. It's easy to see why. Yum. But chocolate also has a complex and ...

New insights from archaeology, genetics and early inscriptions are helping to uncover the story of Celtic languages in ...

Long before petrol engines dominated the roads, electric vehicles quietly led the way. Inventors imagined silent, clean ...

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Archaeologists find four mass graves along a Czech highway, revealing soldiers from two wars fought 121 years apart.

Discover when globalization began, from ancient trade routes to modern economic policies, and understand its impact on global trade and cultural exchange.

Can you chip in? This year we’ve reached an extraordinary milestone: 1 trillion web pages preserved on the Wayback Machine. This makes us the largest public repository of internet history ever ...

BRUSSELS—For years, the U.S. government has published an annual National Security Strategy that lays out how Washington sees the world and its approach to dealing with looming threats, from China to ...

A new White House policy document formalizes President Trump’s long-held contempt for Europe’s leaders. It made clear that the continent now stands at a strategic crossroads. By Jason Horowitz ...

Life in many medieval towns revolved around constructing a cathedral, a massive undertaking that took generations of work by everyone from artists and architects to prisoners of war. Work in ...