Stone tools dating back 150,000 years have been found in the jungle, revealing early human occupation in dense tropical ...

Some of the golden ages Mr Norberg describes will be familiar to readers, but he adds fresh details and provocative arguments ...

The Greek alphabet, believed to have emerged in the eighth century BC, is undergoing reevaluation by Leiden University.

Hominids have been using fire for at a million years — but scientists have found that humans were grilling down during the ...

In ancient Greece people enjoyed chilled wine at social gatherings, using specially designed cooling pots called psykter.