The aboriginal people of Australia handed down the stories of their ancestors, these were called dream times, in this look at one particular story, the rainbow serpent.

Charaka, an ancient Indian physician, knew the fundamental of genetics some 2,000 years ago.

A scorpion fable.

Aesop is one of the most famous authors of fables. Because information about him is sparse and uncertain, some believe that he was not a historical figure. The best sources to reconstruct his life and work are provided by the historians Herodotus and Euagon (or Eugeon) from the fifth century BCE and by the Vita Aesopi, a popular written text from the first century CE.