Proof That Chillies Were Used in Recipes 6,000 Years Ago ; NEWS
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By Steve Connor  Chilli peppers have been deemed the oldest-known kitchen condiment after scientists found evidence that people were cooking with them more than 6,000 years ago.
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Scientists have pinpointed mutations in an ancient protein that transformed its shape and function more than 400 million years ago.
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Agriculture was taking root in South America almost as early as the first farmers were breaking ground in the Middle East, new research indicates. Evidence that squash was being grown nearly 10,000 years ago, in what is now Peru, is reported in Friday's edition of the journal Science.
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Researchers have found evidence of a population of chimps that shares plant foods.
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Prehistoric humans were infected with a bug that causes stomach ulcers, a study has shown.
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Archaeologists said Wednesday they had found evidence that humans lived in North America at least 50,000 years ago, far earlier than has been thought.
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Charred and brittle bits of fabric are providing new insights into the lives of prehistoric people, thanks to advances in chemical analysis of textiles.
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Among the roots of ancient olive trees, archaeologists have found pieces of large stone jars of the type the Gospel says Jesus used when he turned water into wine at a Jewish wedding in the Galilee village of Cana.
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Neolithic people in China may have been the first in the world to make wine, according to scientists who have found the earliest evidence of winemaking from
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Archaeologists describe an ancient civilisation that was flourishing in Peru over 5,000 years ago.
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In the beginning were the bones. Fossils dating back hundreds of thousands- even millions- of years used by anthropologists to trace how the human species evolved.
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What did the first Olympians eat? Food historians are scouring ancient texts to find out.
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A Finnish research team has made a remarkable archaeological find linked to a prehistoric culture which predates the Incas.
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Archaeologists digging in northern Israel have discovered evidence of a 3,000-year-old beekeeping industry, including remnants of ancient honeycombs, beeswax and what they believe are the oldest intact beehives ever found.
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People in ancient China may have been enjoying the delights of wine as long as 9,000 years ago, making them the first in the world to enjoy a tipple.
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In one of the earliest hints of "modern" living, humans 164,000 years ago put on primitive makeup and hit the seashore for steaming mussels, new archaeological finds show.
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In the growing debate about when people first appeared on this continent, a leading archaeologist said Wednesday he has discovered what could be sooty evidence of human occupation in North America tens of thousands of years earlier than is commonly believed.