“The prolonged and extreme drought seems to have occurred during a particularly poor period for Roman Britain,” Andreas ...

Forests were growing on the now-submerged landmass of Doggerland thousands of years earlier than previously believed, ...

New findings suggest humans mastered fire far earlier than believed, transforming diets, social life, and survival in ancient ...

Using cutting-edge ancient DNA analysis, scientists have found evidence of trees like oak, elm, and hazel growing on this now-submerged landscape over 16,000 years ago, thousands of years earlier than ...

Ancient DNA preserved in seabed sediments suggests Doggerland hosted temperate forests far earlier than expected.

When ancient DNA studies began to gain attention, little more than a decade ago, the view took hold among geneticists that ...

Ancient DNA reveals that the Goths of eastern Europe, some of whom would ultimately sack the city of Rome, may have been a mix of peoples from three continents ...

Discover the origins of the Silverpit crater in the North Sea, formed by a colossal asteroid impact that triggered a 100-metre tsunami towards ancient Britain ...

A former ranger tells the story of how the UK’s forests intimately shaped – and were shaped by – its people It may not sit well with the politicians who now seek to govern it, but Britain has always ...

Ancient DNA shows forests grew on the lost land of Doggerland 16,000 years ago, suggesting it supported wildlife.

Dragged along by my dad to see Pentangle, I heard something ancient that kickstarted my obsession with this country’s folklore – an enchanted, subversive and strange version of a Britain where I could ...