New research reveals why not just agriculture but also cereal grains were crucial to the formation of humanity’s first states ...

Our ancient primate relatives—including Neanderthals—may have enjoyed a nice peck on the lips. But researchers still don’t ...

Globalization, migration, climate change and war—nation states are currently under huge pressure on many fronts. Understanding the forces that initially drove the emergence of states across the world ...

According to National Geographic, the map depicts distances between gates in the wall surrounding the Mesopotamian city of Nippur, but for decades experts questioned its accuracy. The locations of ...

In 1958, during the height of the Cold War, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed what was known as the National Aeronautics and Space Act into law. The goal of the legislation was to create an agency ...

What does the space shuttle have in common with the original iPhone? According to Francisco Polidoro Jr., professor of ...

The Indus Valley civilization, located in present-day Pakistan and India, went through four periods of intense drought, which ...

The cultivation of wheat, barley and maize, which are easily stored and taxed, seems to have led to the emergence of large ...