An evolutionary "arms race" for light and space drove the early domestication of wheat, according to new research that could ...

Just because you have a sloped yard doesn't mean you have to abandon plans for a garden. This technique can create the right ...

Early wheat didn’t just grow—it fought. When humans began cultivating fields, plants that could outcompete their neighbors for sunlight and space quickly took over, evolving upright leaves and ...

A new study reveals that farming in Argentina’s Uspallata Valley was adopted by local hunter-gatherers rather than introduced by outside populations. Centuries later, a stressed group of maize-heavy ...

Plants are among the most intrepid explorers on Earth. Roughly 460 million years ago, the first plants started leaving lakes and rivers and appeared on land. At that time, the surface of Earth was ...

A new study of ancient DNA from 46 individuals buried across thousands of years in Argentina’s Uspallata Valley has found ...

Archaeologists in Mexico have discovered a rare “effigy mound” over 205 feet long, shaped like a scorpion. This mound was deliberately built by ancient farmers to track the summer and winter solstices ...