If you've ever wondered how farming spread far and wide, our research on past human societies offers one explanation: contact ...

Fifty million years before humankind began farming, ancient ants were already in the agriculture business. Over time, leafcutter ants have evolved a complex system of agriculture in their nests ...

The arid Southwest has a proven irrigation model, the acequia, for water use that is local, democratic, and resilient to heat ...

Farmers in Ghana coped with severe droughts from 1450 to 1650 by planting indigenous African grains, like drought-tolerant pearl millet. Ancient practices like these are gaining new interest today.

Latnija cave discoveries show Mesolithic humans crossed 100 km of sea to reach Malta 1,000 years earlier than previously ...

Consider this ancient ear of maize ... How the continent’s first farmers accomplished that feat is a mystery. Drab debris found in a cave may hold the clues.

But an ancient parasite egg discovered in a 6,200-year-old grave hints that humans unwittingly spread disease using the earliest farming technology. The schistosomiasis parasite egg was unearthed ...

Who were the Celts? How do we know about them? Life in the Neolithic Stone Age Who were Britain’s prehistoric farmers? Discover life in the Neolithic Stone Age. Life in the Bronze Age What was ...

Who were the Celts? How do we know about them? Life in the Neolithic Stone Age Who were Britain’s prehistoric farmers? Discover life in the Neolithic Stone Age. Life in the Bronze Age What was ...