Surgery was rare and risky in the medieval period. Though medical options were limited, trans people were able to take ...

A study of ancient DNA from Europeans between 1700 and 45,000 years ago suggests that 63 percent of them had dark skin.

Filmmaker Fred Kudjo Kuwornu brings his documentary We Were Here: The Untold History of Black Africans in Renaissance Europe ...

Over 5,300 years ago, ancient herders known as the Yamna people emerged from the steppes of what is now Ukraine, going on to ...

A married couple introduced an eastern Idaho community to an adrenaline-fueled sport with roots that date back hundreds of ...

Ancient DNA analysis provides new insights into our linguistic roots. Where did the Indo-European language family originate?

Ancient DNA is telling us more and more about humans and environments long past. Could it also help rescue the future?

Today, about half the world speaks an Indo-European language. Linguists and archaeologists have long argued about which group of ancient people spoke the original Indo-European language.

Though the majority of blonde-haired people today come from Europe, the unique hair colour originated in a land that is a ...

The US and Europe, once close allies and friends, are moving away from each other.

Speeches delivered by J. D. Vance and Pete Hegseth were not just verbal lashings of America’s allies but a wholesale rejection of eighty years of U.S. foreign policy.

Sharon Stone is speechless as she learns she's related to the man who "basically created modern Europe" in PEOPLE's exclusive ...