These eight plants changed the course of human history, laying the groundwork for farming and civilization itself. From ...

The origins of Ancient Egypt remain one of history’s most captivating mysteries. Long before Egypt became one of the most ...

New research finds alcohol supported early social bonds, but agriculture was more vital for complex societies.

The agricultural revolution won't just make us fat—it could make us extinct. Empires of Food: Feast, Famine, and the Rise and Fall of Civilizations Evan D.G. Fraser and Andrew Rimas .

The myth of Triptolemus presents him as a hero of agriculture, reflecting ancient Greece’s role as a cradle of early ...

Rye, one of the first crops. Wikipedia If opportunities to invent farming already existed, then the delayed invention of agriculture suggests our ancestors didn’t need, or want, to farm. Agriculture ...

Finally, the book deals with the role of water in the rise and fall of civilizations. As nations grapple over watershed rights and pollution controls, water is poised to supplant oil as the most ...

On the eve of the rise of the Maya civilization, people living in what’s now Belize turned a whole wetland into a giant network of fish traps big enough to feed thousands of people.

The world’s southernmost ocean leaked carbon dioxide into the air, causing an increase in CO2 that created warmer climates. This led to the rise of human civilizations, according to researchers.

We transitioned from hunter-gatherer life to plant harvesting, then cultivation and, finally, cities. Strikingly, this transition happened only after the ice age megafauna – mammoths, giant ground ...