
Study points to a common origin of English and ancient Indian language Sanskrit 8,000 years ago
Language trees with sampled ancestors support a hybrid model for the origin of Indo-European languages.

Language trees with sampled ancestors support a hybrid model for the origin of Indo-European languages.

We all know about the Holocaust ― the genocide of the European Jews that took place during World War II. Between 1941 and 1945, across German-occupied Europe, Nazi Germany and…

A team of archaeologists has discovered the oldest known pet cemetery on record — a nearly 2,000-year-old burial ground filled with well-loved animals, including the remains of cats and monkeys…

Scientists have found that three meteorites contain the chemical building elements of DNA and its companion RNA. A subset of these building components has previously been discovered in meteorites, but…

In the 19th century, an archaeological excavation in Switzerland uncovered a Bronze Age arrowhead composed of an unexpected material.

In 1990, the cockpit window of a plane feII off and one of the pilots named Timothy Lancaster got sucked out. So the cabin crew just held onto his legs while the plane landed.

Cambodian archaeologists have unearthed a large centuries-old statue of a turtle in an excavation at the famous Angkor temple complex in the country’s northwest.

Luxci, also known as Lucy, was a homeless deaf woman, who was featured in a 1993 program of Unsolved Mysteries because she was found wandering in Port Hueneme, California a…

According to research based on historical photographs, the bones may have been preserved millennia before the otherwise oldest-known mummies. According to new research, a group of 8,000-year-old human remains discovered…

Researchers say they've discovered the ruins of the long-lost Temple of Hercules in a shallow channel in the Bay of Cádiz.