Francis was the third-oldest person in the world at the time of her death, according to LongeviQuest, a database on the world’s oldest people. "Ms. Elizabeth was a Houstonian icon and a ...

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Lucy’s discovery transformed our understanding of human origins. Don Johanson, who unearthed the Australopithecus afarensis ...

The “oldest map of the world in the world” on a Babylonian clay tablet was deciphered over multiple centuries to reveal a surprisingly familiar story, according to a recent video published by ...

A link exists between 6,000-year-old engravings on cylindrical seals used on clay tablets and cuneiform, the world’s oldest ...

The world's oldest living man has declared he has no "special secrets" to pass on about his longevity as he celebrated turning 112. John Tinniswood, who was born in Liverpool on 26 August 1912 ...

As I write this, I'm sitting in the Autonomous Ergochair Ultra, a chair made with 3D-printed components that can hold my ...

making it the oldest structure of its kind in the country and one of the oldest in the world. Germany's University of Münster, which partnered with a team at the Armenian Academy of Sciences on ...

A wild male lion believed to be one of the world's oldest has died after being speared by herders, authorities in Kenya have said. Loonkiito, who was 19, died in Olkelunyiet village on Wednesday ...

The world's oldest capital city is so ancient that it was inhabited as early as 10,000 BC. Syria’s capital, Damascus, has claims to be the oldest continuously occupied city in the world.

Archaeologists recently uncovered what they believe to be one of the oldest Christian churches in the world. The University of Münster announced the discovery of the fourth-century church in a ...

We might not have a definitive answer as to what the world’s oldest continuously inhabited city is, but we can tell you the oldest city in America – it’s older than the US itself and you ...