As ancient communities shifted from foraging to farming, the forces driving this dramatic change weren’t always what many ...

Ancient practices hold important lessons for farmers facing drying lands, but they were often more complex than modern ...

Researchers have discovered an extensive and remarkably well-preserved system of ancient irrigation canals in the Eridu ...

Across the last 10,000 years, inequality has followed no single path. Instead of a straight rise tied to farming, population booms, or cities, the divide between rich and poor has ebbed and flowed ...

The Java Sea has pursued Sunarti for years, first submerging her birthplace in Timbulsloko village, before forcing the mother ...

In modern times, diet refers to food and drink. In ancient times, however, the idea of diet was more expansive. Our word "diet" comes from the ancient Greek word diaita. This could refer to what ...