But how it is organized socially has long stirred debate. Was it patriarchal, matriarchal, or something entirely different?

Genetic analysis of skeletons at Catalhoyuk, a Neolithic settlement in Turkey, suggests a matriarchal society where women ...

At the back of an overgrown cemetery in a tiny Serbian village, a mysterious 300-year-old headstone marks the grave of the ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Frieda Vizel left an ultra-Orthodox Jewish sect in New York in a crisis of faith at 25. But instead of ...

Researchers said their findings suggest husbands relocated to the wife's household upon marriage – suggesting a female ...

Strong maternal lines recovered from ancient DNA samples at the Neolithic site of Çatalhöyük, along with archaeological evidence of female-centered practice, points to a socio-cultural practice of mat ...

A grand jury in Maryland handed up the criminal indictments on June 18 against Jack Amadeus LaSota, who goes by Ziz, and two ...

The Tiwanaku civilization was one of the first and most powerful in the Andes region, but by 1000 A.D., it had collapsed.

The Timberwolves' draft picks may tell us a couple things about how they view the offseason and the rest of the roster.

On this day in 1992, a war crime was committed at Bikavac in Višegrad. The crime known as the Living Bonfire took place on ...