A pair of landmark studies, published Wednesday in the journal Nature, has finally identified the originators of the ...

Harvard researchers traced the origins of the vast Indo-European language family to the Caucasus-Lower Volga region, identifying the ancestral population that gave rise to more than 400 languages, in ...

Ancient DNA analysis provides new insights into our linguistic roots. Where did the Indo-European language family originate?

Two research papers published in Nature by scientists from Russia and Ukraine provide new evidence supporting the theory that ...

Two new papers, published in the journal Nature, by scientists from Russia and Ukraine, further solidify this claim about the ...

Whether it's bacteria, a city name, or a day of the week, love can be found in unexpected places—including our vocabulary.

Officially a dead language, ornate Latin phraseology and words continue to insert itself into judicial pronouncements in courts across the county. Has it passed its sell by date?

Horses have been our steadfast companions for many major events. Here's how the domestication of the horse helped them shape ...