Archaeology shows how hunter-gatherers fitted into southern Africa’s first city, 800 years ago

One of the foundational developments that took place that led to the rise of the Mapungubwe Kingdom was the accumulation of wealth

I was part of the team that found the Homo naledi child’s skull: How we did it

The child has been named “Leti” after the Setswana word “letimela”, meaning “the lost one”

Melting Mongolian ice reveals fragile artifacts that provide clues about how past people lived

Ice patches also preserve ‘ecofacts’ that trace important ecological changes, like shifting tree lines or changing animal habitats

The Sikh Gurus' service to the sick can be a lesson for today's pandemic

Down To Earth speaks to Mohinder Singh, professor and director of the National Institute of Panjab Studies and Bhai Vir Singh Sahitya Sadan,New …

Tamil Nadu prosecutes 104 manufacturers, sellers of multi-dose Diclofenac linked with vulture deaths

Animal conservationists welcomes step, say safe alternatives available

Bihar starts tagging migratory birds for conservation

As many as 91 migratory birds have been tagged so far

In the last 444 years, the Indian Subcontinent has seen just 21 ‘confirmed unprovoked’ shark attacks: Florida Museum data

Last year saw 69 confirmed unprovoked shark attacks globally, 10 of which were fatal, according to The International Shark Attack File, …

Subaltern, forgotten: How mainstream narratives neglected the Bhumij, among the first to revolt against the British

The Prime Minister released ‘Dictionary of Martyrs‘ of India’s Freedom Struggle, selecting 1857 as the watershed year, …

Cross-continent social networking may have existed 400,000 years ago, fire use patterns suggest

The various groups of hominins were tolerant towards one another and exchanged ideas much like modern humans

Ancient southern Kalahari was more important to human evolution than previously thought

Ga-Mohana was much wetter than today, with pools of standing water and waterfalls tumbling down the hillside

‘Chinese food is so entrenched in our lives; COVID-19 can’t change that’

Down To Earth talks to Miranda Brown, historian of premodern Chinese food and medicine and University of Michigan professor, about Chinese …

Restoring a century-old building in Chandannagar helps raise awareness about heritage management

The Registry Building constructed in 1875 served as the register office as well as the first French courthouse

Is it really hotter now than any time in 100,000 years?

Earth is currently on course to reach temperatures of roughly 3°C  above preindustrial levels by the end of the century

The next invasion of insect pests will be discovered via social media

The proliferation of smart phones means many people have an encyclopedia of knowledge, a high-resolution digital camera and GPS in their pockets

DNA analysis reveals how ancient nomads who disappeared from Europe 1,000 years ago lived

Avar societies meticulously preserved an ancestral memory

A megafauna bias in India’s carnivore research is hampering the country’s conservations efforts

For many smaller and less charismatic carnivores like the fishing cat, even basic ecological data like distribution range remains unclarified

How has the inside of the Earth stayed as hot as the Sun’s surface for billions of years?

Even now, moving plates keep changing the surface of the Earth, constantly making new lands and new oceans over millions and billions of years

Wet end of 2021 leads to fewer migratory birds in Odisha’s Chilika this year

Migratory birds are wintering in cultivated farmland near Chilika because of more water in it this year, say experts  

Bihar plans migratory bird festival to raise awareness about them

The festival organisers hope the event will help in keeping a check on bird poaching incidents by making citizens value them

Drugs and religion have been a potent combination for millennia, from cannabis at ancient funerary sites to psychedelic retreats today

The current ‘psychedelic renaissance’ is often called revolutionary for future of humans

World Kiswahili Language Day: How a standard version of the east African language formed and spread across the world

Kiswahili has been adopted as a working language at the African Union

The earliest modern humans in Europe mastered bow-and-arrow technology 54,000 years ago

Neanderthals did not develop mechanically propelled weapons, used traditional weapons

When exactly did the tiger colonise the Indian subcontinent?

Down To Earth popped the question to geneticists, historians and experts on the cat superstar. Here is what we were able to deduce

IN PHOTOS: China, India, Iran, Spain get new world heritage sites

Rewilding Tasmania with emus will be good for the island state’s ecosystems

Why did the Tasmanian emus go extinct and should we reintroduce them?