New DNA research shows that half the human beings alive today are descended from the Yamnaya, who lived in Ukraine 5,000 ...

Children can dig for fossils and learn hieroglyphics during a range of activities at a country estate in Lincolnshire. Belton ...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he understood just how wrenching it was to take away the ancient rights of the British people to go to the pub but that it was absolutely essential to slow the ...

Analysis of ancient human and animal remains suggests that precolonial peoples in the Bolivian Amazon likely fed ducks more than 1,000 years ago, a study reports.

A researcher has uncovered a set of historical records thought to have been lost during the Second World War, and the information contained in them has shed new light on an ancient people.

NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists have identified a new pod of ancient hunter-gatherers who lived near the land bridge between North America and South America about 6,000 years ago.

Many people view the likes of town crying and Morris dancing as dying British traditions, uniquely performed by bearded men of a certain age.

Modern Scots share genes with this British ethnic group that were fierce rivals of the Roman Empire in Britain. Learn what DNA reveals about these ancient Pictish people.

Study of ancient British oral microbiomes reveals shift following Black Death The Second Plague Pandemic may have led to oral microbiomes that contribute to modern-day chronic disease Date ...

People in Ancient Greece and Rome were just as obsessed with falling in love as we are. And their romantic tribulations bring plenty of timeless advice.

Many studios and viewers cling to longstanding conventions around using a posh-sounding British accent for ancient characters — even though this defies logic. Absolutely no one spoke English in ...