Heather Whipps

The ability to forge iron changes daily life and warfare.

A volcanic eruption triggers plagues, an exodus, and takes down a civilization.

Trade created routes, ports and stories.

Writing ushered in history as we know it.

One bone other animals don't have is the foundation of speech.

The nearly four-century-old document pinpoints the date Europeans first voyaged up the waterway.

The varying shapes of flowers found in tropical forests may have to do with what has stuck its nose in there to pollinate in past evolutionary eras.

Southern Finland is the only place icy enough to make traveling by skates worth it.

The Pueblos found alcohol without the help of Europeans.

Translation was in medieval times

These are not your grandfather's final resting places.

Going green is all the rage, even after you die.

A stone document seal has now been clearly linked to Queen Jezebel.

Rumors kept Confederate soldier morale high, research suggests.

Torture as a form of interrogation has yielded little.

Ancient craftsmen didn't need fancy math to build machines.

Warfare largely to blame, not a lack of natural resources.

English Channel erosion reveals the remains of a Stone Age settlement.

The Dark Ages not so dark when it came to dealing with the sick.

Fierce warriors once occupied the complex where the Dead Sea Scrolls were written.

The origins of lucky number seven dates back to biblical times.

The public is invited to vote on a new international list.

The first modern humans indulged in beaded bling.