For most people, the image that comes to mind at the mention of archaeology is ancient tombs or dinosaur fossils, not cutting ...

Recent discoveries in an archaeological site in Mexico sheds new light into the beginning of the Maya civilization, and how ...

Many of the ancient southern Africans, including those who lived between about 10,200 and 1,400 years ago, "fall outside the ...

Costa Rica has received 13 pre-Columbian artifacts, including stone axes and a ceramic ocarina, returned by the U.S.

If someone mentions criminal gangs, you might think of drug trafficking or financial crime. But one of the most persistent ...

The day after Christmas marks the beginning of an important annual holiday tradition, Kwanzaa. The cultural holiday ...

An ancient, shared set of human-specific genes underwent changes in a geographically isolated population after around 300,000 years ago, scientists say.

The Chinchorro culture experienced tragically high rates of infant mortality, possibly due to arsenic poisoning.

It is with no small feeling of regret that we observe how completely the civic traditions of our early Republic have been discarded. Gone are so many patriotic songs, like the balladic “Liberty Song” ...

Each cell in a plant, animal, or person contains millions, or even billions, of DNA base pairs—molecules connected by hydrogen bonds that are the building blocks of DNA. These base pairs collectively ...

Applications Open for the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture 2026 Heritage Bursary Programme. The Department of Sport, ...