Anthropology Three million years ago, an unknown hominin species was walking on two legs December 2, 2021 - Updated on February 12, 2024
Anthropology Eugenics: how bad science was used to promote racism and ableism November 26, 2021 - Updated on May 4, 2023
Anthropology We’re evolving right now: scientists see how our genome is changing in recent history November 18, 2021
Anthropology Would we still see ourselves as ‘human’ if other hominin species hadn’t gone extinct? October 12, 2021
Anthropology When did people first start wearing clothes? 120,000-year-old bone tools found in Moroccan cave shed clues September 17, 2021
Anthropology China’s ethnic cleansing could prevent 4.5 million Uyghur births by 2040. Researchers say this is genocide August 25, 2021
Animals Apes signal ‘hello’ and ‘farewell’ when starting and exiting social interactions August 11, 2021
Anthropology Just how “human” are we? At most, 7% of your DNA is uniquely human, study finds July 19, 2021
Anthropology Is the Easter Island population collapse just a myth? These scientists think so July 14, 2021
Anthropology A quarter of American adults may not want to ever become parents — and they’re quite happy about it June 18, 2021
Anthropology Ancient Easter Island clans may teach us how to live in perfect isolation on Mars May 12, 2021
Anthropology Oldest oral bacteria shows Neanderthals grew big brains thanks to carb-rich food May 11, 2021
Anthropology Genetic analysis of ancient massacre shows people were killed indiscriminately March 10, 2021
Agriculture Scythians weren’t the nomadic warriors many portray them as — they also settled down March 10, 2021
Anthropology Australia’s oldest cave painting is 17,000-year-old kangaroo art February 22, 2021 - Updated on September 29, 2021
Anthropology Russian researchers want to study ancient viruses from the Siberian permafrost February 18, 2021
Anthropology Neanderthals and humans used the Levallois technology, a new study shows February 15, 2021 - Updated on August 3, 2021
Anthropology Ancient teeth suggest Neanderthals and Homo sapiens got it on more than a few times February 1, 2021
Anthropology Full genome of a human (and her oral microbes) recovered from Stone Age chewing gum December 25, 2020 - Updated on July 29, 2023
Anthropology Why ancient populations carved voluptuous ‘Venus’ women figures over 30,000 years ago December 2, 2020 - Updated on July 29, 2023
Anthropology Neanderthals could tolerate smoke and plant toxins as well as humans, study shows November 30, 2020
Anthropology Power versus finesse: Neanderthals had powerful thumbs, while humans had finer control November 27, 2020
Anthropology Busting the myth of the male provider: ancient women also hunted big game, study shows November 5, 2020
Anthropology Neanderthal milk teeth show their babies were raised and weaned similar to us November 2, 2020
Anthropology 30 million years ago, a group of monkeys sailed from Africa to South America October 1, 2020
Anthropology Ancient footprints prove that humans were in Arabia 120,000 years ago September 23, 2020
Anthropology Hallett Cove’s fossil secrets are now accessible through virtual reality August 17, 2020
Anthropology Native American 8,000-year-old stone tool technology discovered in Arabia August 5, 2020
Agriculture European Neanderthals feasted on fresh seafood, boosting their brain March 27, 2020 - Updated on March 28, 2020
Anthropology In Ancient Greece, plagued cities would be purged, and the vulnerable would suffer. Are we any better? March 24, 2020
Anthropology African hunter-gatherers prefer squatting to sitting — and this may explain why they’re healthier March 10, 2020
Anthropology ‘Ghost DNA’ belonging to ancient extinct humans is still alive in the genomes of West Africans February 13, 2020
Anthropology Sign languages evolve just like spoken languages January 22, 2020 - Updated on October 10, 2023
Anthropology Our ancestors may have always walked on two legs, 10-million-year-old ape suggests January 8, 2020
