By Ali Kucukgocmen BERGAMA, Turkey, March 13 (Reuters) - Archaeologists in Turkey have discovered traces of human excrement ...

A study led by McKenna Litynski, a Ph.D. graduate in anthropology and adjunct assistant professor at the University of ...

A 1,900-year-old Roman glass bottle from Turkey has yielded direct chemical proof of ancient physicians using human feces as ...

Archaeologists in Turkey have discovered traces of human excrement in a 1,900-year-old glass vial, which they believe is the ...

A new interpretation of a 3,500-year-old medical text from Egypt suggests that ancient physicians might have bathed patients' eyeballs in human breast milk to treat certain ophthalmic conditions. And ...

Pliny the Elder was an intellectual powerhouse of ancient Rome. Though not a physician, in describing the ideal daily routine ...

Medicinal plants and their varied uses span from ancient medicine to modern cosmetics and pharmaceuticals amid a surging ...

A study led by McKenna Litynski, a recent Ph.D. graduate in anthropology and adjunct assistant professor at the University of ...

The human genome is a rich, complex record of migration, encounters, and inheritance written over thousands of millennia. Genomic research by members of Sarah Tishkoff's lab at the University of ...

Sacred springs and rivers throughout Ancient Greece were revered as sources of divine power, associated with healing, ...

Experts weigh in on valerian root being called "nature's Valium" for anxiety, stress and sleep issues, warning that the ...