In a new genetic study, scientists have charted the rise of 214 human diseases across ancient Europe and Asia.

Caitlin Redden, from Phillipsburg, New Jersey, was visiting Petra, Jordan when she was invited to stay with a nomadic desert tribe for a day — and nearly triggered a missing person’s search.

Historically, nomadic hunter-gatherers are among the earliest human societies. They rely on hunting animals and gathering wild plants, rather than settling in one place and practicing agriculture.

Recent DNA analysis from excavations in China, Central Asia, and Hungary has uncovered the origins of the marauding Huns who ...

Clark wants to remedy another hardship facing the tribe of about 200,000 nomads. Each year the women travel throughout the region selling traditional medicines, for an annual profit of less than $100.

The Jammu and Kashmir administration is all set to launch the alpine jewel of Bhal-Padri in Doda district in an effort to ...

The Bajau tribe, often called "sea nomads," are an indigenous group in Southeast Asia known for their incredible ability to live on the water. They spend most of their lives on boats and have adapted ...

Nemcha, Zina and Zouina, three North African Sloughi hounds, play on the beach in Tunisia where their ancestors have long ...

PHOTOS: These Iranian nomadic women persevere despite hardships : Goats and Soda Part of the Bakhtiari people, they live as their ancestors did, migrating between pastures in western and ...

The Iranian short film “Under the Shady Oak” written and directed by Hossein Allahyari received the special mention of the ...

This gun held by 35-year-old Fatima was a wedding gift from her husband. Families of the nomadic Bakhtiari tribes of Iran may own several weapons, used to defend themselves and their livestock ...