The textbook version of the "Out of Africa" hypothesis holds that the first human species to leave the continent around 1.8 ...

Scientists used mtDNA to confirm what many researchers had long suspected: the Chinese “dragon man” Harbin skull belonged to ...

As we grow older, the world seems to divide more easily and, yes, more violently. Differences harden. Words become weapons.

Elsewhere, a medieval loo and a jet die used to predict the future were among the finds uncovered at Auckland Castle in ...

A one-foot-wide bronze mask dating to around 1100 b.c. emerges from beneath a bronze vessel containing cowrie shells during recent excavations at the site of Sanxingdui in China’s Sichuan Province.

Canadian MP Shuv Majumdar has called for an end to the "pogroms" against minorities in Bangladesh, demanding the Chief ...

India’s Great Nicobar megaproject threatens indigenous languages, ecology, and survival. A hidden linguicide unfolds amid “development.” Read why it matters now.

For many, Christmas is a season of joy, warmth, and togetherness. Twinkling lights, festive decorations, and the promise of family gatherings paint an idyllic picture of happiness. The holiday is ...

The longer I spend in Madagascar, the harder I find it to keep my bearings, stick to the matter-of-factness of global ...

Since the 1980s there have been reports of encounters with a young girl with entirely black eyes at Cannock Chase in ...

Each year R M Jayatilleke, his son and another group of villagers haul several truck loads Christmas trees from Bandarawela, ...

Inflation measured by the Sri Lanka Christmas cake, widely acclaimed to be the worlds most delicious, rich, 'decadent' and ...