Work and wages varied immensely in ancient Greece. Agriculture was the backbone of the economy but work was available in ...

Quite to the contrary, however, the statue accounts are almost universally hostile to Classics as a field in general and the ...

Heritage sourcing has moved from a niche chef obsession to a mainstream food conversation, driven by climate anxiety, a ...

Malaria may have shaped early human life across Africa far earlier than once thought, steering where people could safely live and when groups stayed apart. By tracing ancient mosquito habitats, ...

A new atlas charts the global distribution of unusual, critical-metal-bearing igneous rocks, finding that they often form near the thick and ancient cores of the world's major continents. Researchers ...

The ancient Kush city of Jebel Barkal rose up in the Nile River Valley starting around 2000 BCE. New research dug deep to ...

Erin McClymont’s laboratory has six kitchen freezers, each alarmed. This is for self-preservation: when the power goes out or an appliance breaks down, she needs to act quickly to prevent the ...

In the agricultural heartland of Sri Lanka, farmers are struggling with health issues, rising prices, and shifting climates. Could regenerative cotton offer a solution?

The exact origin of bread wheat (Triticum aestivum) is still a mystery, but researchers believe they are edging closer to the source of one of the most important food staples worldwide. Using genetic ...

Data from more than 15,000 ancient people reveal natural selection of hundreds of genes linked to immunity, skin tone, behaviour and other traits. The biggest ever study of ancient human DNA shows ...