New research reveals that early humans changed Europe’s landscapes long before farming began, using fire and hunting to alter ecosystems.

Egypt is inaugurating the Grand Egyptian Museum, the world's largest museum dedicated to its ancient civilization and an ...

Zhao Yingxin, the general planner of the exhibition, says photographs play an extremely significant role in the progress of civilization, as they record how civilizations move forward and develop.

After innumerable interruptions, delays and setbacks, the world’s largest museum dedicated to a single civilization comes to ...

How could the principle of "radical mundanity" proposed by the Fermi paradox help explain why humans haven't found evidence ...

DNA shines a light back into the past, showing us things that fossils can't. But how far back can that light extend? Some of the oldest DNA sequences come from mastodon and polar bear fossils about 50 ...

Across the globe, there are places where nature has slowly but surely taken over, creating eerie atmospheres that are both ...

A study reveals that Sumer, the cradle of civilization, rose because of natural tidal irrigation that shaped the world’s ...

Consuming food all by oneself is an anomaly in the history of human civilization, a deviation from millennia of tradition.

Experts on the world's major river civilizations gathered this week in Chongqing to exchange their insights on how to protect and promote cultures. Themed "Bridging Rivers and Seas, Sharing Wisdom of ...