New research suggests that explanations based only on climate may not fully account for the major decline of the lowland population in Central America and calls for a reassessment of those assumptions ...

History loves a good mystery. And honestly, few things are more unsettling than an entire civilization, with millions of ...

Huntington wrote all of this in 1996. Thirty years later, the United States is waging war against the Islamic regime in Iran.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For millennia, ancient civilizations have left us clues about the importance of living in harmony with nature. Despite the ...

Key factors in the collapse of the Mayan civilization may have been located deep within a Mexican cave, as University of Cambridge-led researchers analyzed the chemical makeup of stalagmites that help ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

Here, we explore six notable civilizations that have collapsed, shedding light on some of the causes behind their demise and some interesting parallels relative to today. Ancient civilizations that ...

Last night I saw The Decline of Western Civilization at Cornell Cinema (everybody, go support your campus movie theater). Decline is a documentary directed by Penelope Spheeris (weirdly also the ...