Anthropology Ancient Neanderthal genomes reveal surprising twist in their settling of Europe June 27, 2019
Anthropology Cities from 9,000 years ago had pretty much the same problems as those of today, study finds June 18, 2019
Anthropology Prehistoric stone tools were invented multiple times before becoming a staple June 3, 2019
Anthropology In the stone-age people recycled flint on purpose to produce precision blades May 30, 2019
Anthropology Humans and Neanderthals diverged at least 800,000 years ago, new teeth study shows May 16, 2019 - Updated on July 20, 2023
Anthropology First Denisovan fossil found outside of Siberia — our ancient “cousins” spread far and wide May 7, 2019
Anthropology World’s second-largest language family originated in northern China during the Neolithic April 24, 2019
Anthropology Archaeologists find first prehistoric figurative cave art in the Balkans April 16, 2019 - Updated on April 25, 2019
Anthropology New research suggests humanity’s ancestors began walking upright earlier than believed March 1, 2019 - Updated on March 2, 2019
Animals Bronze-age Iberians included domesticated foxes and dogs in their burial practices February 25, 2019 - Updated on April 20, 2023
Anthropology Could these fossils be the much-sought “missing link”? January 22, 2019 - Updated on April 24, 2019
Animals Traditional zebra-like tattoos protect tribes-people from insect bites January 16, 2019 - Updated on January 17, 2019
Anthropology Stone Age people were living on the Himalayan plateau 30,000 years ago December 22, 2018
Anthropology Archaeologists find 50,000 year-old tiara, made from wooly mammoth ivory December 10, 2018
Anthropology More evidence shows that Neanderthals and early humans interbred — multiple times November 26, 2018
Anthropology Neanderthal life wasn’t more violent than human life, new study suggests November 14, 2018
Anthropology Climate change caused the demise of flourishing Ancient civilization November 13, 2018 - Updated on November 16, 2018
Anthropology Ancient Gauls embalmed heads of enemies as trophies more than 2,000 years ago November 12, 2018
Anthropology Ancient DNA reveals two previously unknown migrations into South America November 9, 2018
Anthropology Generosity may be contagious, new study suggests September 20, 2018 - Updated on September 21, 2018
Anthropology Painted rock points to higher cognitive function in humans 73,000 years ago September 13, 2018
Anthropology Europeans have been eating cheese for at least 7,000 years September 6, 2018 - Updated on February 18, 2020
Anthropology One of our extinct ancient relatives developed a chewing pattern unique among primates August 30, 2018
Anthropology The most remote tribe in the world — untouched and uncontacted May 22, 2018 - Updated on May 4, 2023
Anthropology Breastfeeding changed tooth shape in pre-Native American people April 23, 2018 - Updated on February 28, 2020
Anthropology Human-like walking evolved before the genus Homo, more than 3.6 million years ago April 23, 2018
Anthropology Why did Neanderthals have such big noses? It helped them adapt to the cold, study says April 5, 2018
Anthropology Mesolithic people were able to withstand dramatic climate shocks, new study shows March 26, 2018
