28 October 2021
Two complete statues of a man and a woman, along with other Roman objects, were uncovered by archaeologists working on the planned route of the UK's HS2 high-speed railway
5 July 2019
Bodies could start to be buried alongside main roads in the UK, as graveyards and cemeteries are running out of room, suggests a former direct of public health
16 May 2019
Medieval peasants mainly ate stews of meat and vegetables, along with dairy products such as cheese, according to a study of old cooking pots
13 February 2019
Gestures used by chimpanzees to communicate with each other follow some of the same rules intrinsic to human language, according to a study of chimps in Uganda
29 January 2019
We used to think Neanderthals were long distance joggers who lived in a tundra-like wasteland, now it seems they were sprinters who occupied forests
25 July 2018
A study of students found that those who have a brain parasite linked to outbursts of explosive rage are more likely to be majoring in business studies
4 June 2018
The Fuego volcano in Guatemala has exploded and spewed out molten rock and ash, killing at least 75 people in the country's most violent eruption for over a century
12 March 2018
Intelligence is thought to be up to 80 per cent genetic, but it’s been hard to pin down the genes involved. Now the largest study of its kind has found hundreds
14 February 2018
National Health Service data reveals that around Valentine’s Day there is a 5 per cent rise in the number of babies conceived in England
7 February 2018
A genetic analysis of Cheddar Man, one of the first people to settle in Britain after the last ice age, suggests that his skin was dark
