A prehistoric mass grave in Serbia reveals that more than 77 people—mostly women and children—were deliberately killed in a brutal act of violence about 2,800 years ago. Genetic evidence suggests the ...

Two researchers discuss how ancient DNA is used to track how people moved and lived during Britain's bronze age.

Stone lifting, the Old Irish Goat, and pioneering women.

Once again, claims that certain gender roles are historically near-universal run into evidence of something much more ...

Stone Age societies embraced 'complex identities' and flexible gender roles, experts have revealed, after unearthing the skeleton of a woman who was buried like a man 7,000 years ago.

A study of 125 skeletons from two Neolithic cemeteries in Hungary has revealed that men and women had clear gender roles — but sometimes those roles were fluid.

When ancient DNA studies began to gain attention, little more than a decade ago, the view took hold among geneticists that ...

Professor Justin Roberts is employed by Anglia Ruskin University and Danone Research & Innovation, and has previously received external research funding unrelated to this article. While creatine has ...

A study of remains found at the Neolithic Menga Dolmen in Spain reveals a medieval burial. The ritualistic burial from over 1,000 years ago gives fresh meaning to the 6,000-year-old site. Analyzing ...

The Pentagon confirmed Tuesday it directed a review of women’s “effectiveness” in ground combat roles after nearly a decade of them serving in such jobs. The move follows Defense Secretary Pete ...

Bottomless stone bowl, plate, and batons, and small bowl containing animal figurines with heads in limestone rings (left) and stone animal figurines (right) Since the first stone structures were ...