An ancient woman thought to have hailed from sub-Saharan Africa and therefore to have been the first known Black Briton ...

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A group of scientists are studying the Cyclades, an island group in Greece's Aegean Sea, looking for signs of early human ...

New research suggests the Romans used a method known as "hot mixing" to produce self-healing concrete, which allowed them to ...