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There's still much we don't know about the timeline of humans.
They lived around the time the first humans started to appear in Africa.
A 15th-century document traces the roots of the famous British humor.
They found a bottle that had been preserved for over 2,000 years.
They used a technique which laser samples enamel and makes isotope measurements
We are starting to better understand exactly what makes us human
There are surprising similarities to the tools made by humans.
Famed as fierce warriors and skilled seafarers, Vikings developed their very own special fashion too. Anthropologists studying Viking skeletons have revealed that many of them filed and probably painted their teeth — and if that’s not impressive enough, they ironed their clothes with hot rocks, traveled with their spouses, and had complex social interactions. Vikings […]
We're starting to find more traces of Denisovan-human interbreeding.
This 11,000 year-old scene is quite the artistic roller coaster.
This challenges the idea that Vikings were stealing animals in England
Mixing drones, magnetometers, and "surgical" digging, archaeologists are looking at the past in new ways.
Sailing isn't a skill unique to Homo sapiens -- extinct hominids may have also done it.
Neanderthals may have opened up forests using fire and cutting tools much earlier than modern humans have.
The pandemic has messed up many things including the academic and social growth of school children.
Early humans liked their fish well done.
Ancient peoples seem to have mingled much more than thought possible.
Got to admit, it caught us a bit by surprise.
Any engineer today would be proud of them.
The urban settlement didn’t have a city center or a surrounding defensive wall, but it had an interesting peculiarity.
The two species may have imitated each other’s stone tools and jewelry.
That's quite a trip to make!
Scientists originally thought she was male, but a fresh look has revealed some surprises.
What was living like for the Mayans?
The tooth is almost two million years old.
The remarkable Stone Age operation was made on a child who survived and years later grew into adulthood.
There is strong evidence the dinosaurs endured a double-asteroid whammy.
Even so, our mouths are much efficient at chewing than earlier ancestors, helping us absorb more calories.
An archaeologist explains new evidence from stone tools that shows strong and wide social connections among our ancestors who lived 65,000 years ago in Southern Africa.
They are believed to have been ancestors of the Neanderthals, living in Britain up to 620,000 years ago.
There are many theories behind the finding, from a bizarre tragedy to the frogs being attracted to the area
Cereal cultivation may have been a catalyst for the domestication of these exotic fowl.
We're still only starting to understand Neanderthal culture.
Contrary to popular belief, the evolution of wine precedes agriculture and the domestication of grapes. The genesis of wine may even predate our species. Over the millennia, humans have radically transformed viticulture from a happy accident to a scientifically precise art form and global industry. At the same time, the juice of fermented fruits shaped […]
An anthropologist slices through myths about “picky” eating and the biological necessity of kids’ foods, and reimagines ways to feed future generations.
It’s one of the few physical remains known of Denisovans, a sister lineage to Neanderthals
Much effort has been put into understanding what life was like around Stonehenge. But what about life before Stonehenge?
There's more to this art than meets the eye.
Many kingdoms have raised and fallen but a part of their scent remains -- and scientists are looking for ways to experience it..
Orangutans display an ability that was once thought to be exclusively human: the ability to create tools.
While the researchers can't completely discard the theory, it needs more evidence to hold up.
Researchers took a crack at understanding chimpanzee culture -- and ended up with some interesting results.
The treasure contains some remarkable pieces that were made in Egypt over 3,000 years ago, from the time of Nefertiti.
The site marks the earliest unequivocal evidence of hominin bipedalism.
When you believe some people are worth less than others, you end up on the wrong side of history.
Evolution never stops.
Neanderthals had much better oral communication abilities than their ancestors, resembling those of humans.
What looks like a bright, sharp dividing line between humans and other animals is really an artefact of extinction.
Some of the earliest clothes were made from sand fox, golden jackal, or wildcat furs and pelts.
Evidence so far points to actions of genocide against Uyghur people in Xinjiang by Chinese authorities, according to a new study.
