The idea of nations as neatly bordered spaces can be traced partly to medieval maps of biblical Israel. In A Nutshell ...

Experts collaborated to create a bust showing how Kennewick Man, also known as the Ancient One, may have looked. (Sculpted bust by StudioEIS; forensic facial reconstruction by sculptor Amanda Danning; ...

The center of what is now the state of Ohio long has been a gathering place. In the wake of the departure of the last great glacier about 15,000 years ago, a few hunter-gatherers called central Ohio ...

Ancient DNA reveals that during the Iron Age, women in ancient Celtic societies were at the center of their social networks — unlike previous... Ancient Celtic tribe had women at its social center For ...

Representatives of area tribes gathered Thursday morning on the banks of the Columbia River where the bones of Kennewick Man were found 20 years ago to the day. The tribes mourn for him, said Armand ...

Tribes that want the skeleton reburied say they are going to try again within a year to change federal law to repatriate ancient remains, including Kennewick Man's. And a book that details the ...

Smithsonian physical anthropologists Karin Bruwelheide, left, and Doug Owsley discuss the position of the Kennewick Man skeleton during an anatomical layout of the remains. File Chip Clark/Smithsonian ...

At the Ohio History Center museum in Columbus, a recently redesigned exhibit details the Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks and Indigenous cultures in Ohio. At the Ohio History Center museum in Columbus, ...

GUDUTA, IndiaGUDUTA, India — The ritual began with a thunderous roll of leather drums, its clamor echoing through the entire village. Women dressed in colorful saris broke into an Indigenous folk ...

You've probably heard that expression "you are what you eat." There's a lot more truth to it than you may think, due to the 100 trillion microbes that make up your microbiome: a combination of fungi, ...