History

History (derived from Ancient Greek ἱστορία (historía) 'inquiry; knowledge acquired by investigation') is the systematic study and documentation of the human past.The period of events before the invention of writing systems is considered prehistory.

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This Week In Space podcast: Episode 193 — A History of Tomorrow

History offers warning on dollar and deficits - EurekAlert!

‘Cosmic clock’ reveals Australian landscapes’ history and potential future - EurekAlert!

New study reveals evolutionary and domestication history of button mushroom - EurekAlert! Science News Releases

An 11-year-old needed two new organs and doctors made history

A 4,000-Year-Old Sheep Just Helped Solve One of History’s Deadliest Mysteries

Germline pathogenic variants among women without a history of breast cancer - EurekAlert!

One of “Publishing’s Greatest Failures” – How a 500-Year-Old Bible Map Changed History Forever

Forming moon may have taken three big impacts early in Earth’s history

Traces of Proto-Earth Found! Our Planet’s History Rewritten

A Glimpse of History in Benin City

A farewell to Jim Lovell Two Gemini and two Apollo flights cemented this trailblazing astronaut’s place in history.

Rewriting History: Egypt’s New Kingdom Started Later Than We Thought

A Storm Hit Alaska. Now, a Native Community Is Racing to Save Its History.

Why Hurricane Melissa Was One of the Most Powerful Atlantic Storms in History

New ‘miniature T rex’ rewrites the history of the world’s largest predator

How AI and sand dunes on Mars can reveal the planet's history, one grain at a time

Solar storms have influenced our history – an environmental historian explains how they could also threaten our future

How Archaeology Is Reviving the Smell of History

Unusual Fossil Discovery Rewrites the History of Freshwater Fish