Once history's first farmers settled down to start a more sedentary life, they began to see the value of close-knit communities. And they didn't just forge bonds with their immediate neighbors; ...

Matthew Williams, academic affiliate assistant professor of biology at Penn State (left), and Christian Huber, assistant professor of biology at Penn State, are part of a team that used sophisticated ...

Farming didn t emerge in the Andes due to crisis or scarcity it was a savvy and resilient evolution. Ancient diets remained stable for millennia, blending wild and domesticated foods while cultural ...

The authors examined "three independent domestication events" — the precise, often long-term process by which a species ...

Ancient DNA reveals how farming accelerated human evolution, driving genetic changes over the past 10,000 years.

Whatever you’re tucking into this festive season, chances are you didn’t have to kill it yourself or forage it from the wild. For that, you can thank your ancestors who, starting around 10,000 years ...