In the Ecuadorian Andes, young Otavalo Indigenous people are using anime to inspire pride in their culture and language.

In a recent study, researcher Dr. Hui Zhou and his colleagues conducted a genetic analysis of the genomes of individuals ...

Archaeologists have long known that complex societies can unravel with startling speed, but a growing body of evidence ...

There is an art to rivalry. Mastering its rules has, since ancient times, shaped cultural history over millennia.

Examination of an ancient alabaster vase in the Yale Peabody Museum’s Babylonian Collection has revealed traces of opiates, providing the clearest evidence to date of broad opium use in ancient ...

Before modern science had a true understanding of what a solar eclipse is and how they work, ancient cultures had to form their own beliefs over what happened during this brief, but awesome, event.

The discovery of a peculiarly shaped skull by archaeologists has illuminated a previously unknown ritual deformation process.

While slaves in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii were considered no more than "speaking tools", some received better food ...

We like to look at human history as a series of showdowns of right versus wrong. To make that convenient, some civilizations have been labeled barbarians, savages and absolute downright dirty dogs ...

Ancient Egyptian bust. How did ancient cultures view the mind, the brain, and their relationships? Source: Julia Kadel | Unsplash The German psychologist Hermann Ebbinghaus wrote in 1908 that ...