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It's the first glimpse of the Denisovan look.
A lucky find now provides a face for Lucy's ancestor.
Starting around 1600 BC, southern Scandinavia became closely linked to long-distance metal trade elsewhere in Europe.
Cold case: solved.
Was this an isolated individual, or part of an earlier wave of human migration?
Sticky!
DNA analysis reveals fresh details about how Neanderthals moved across Europe and Asia.
The wine wasn't restricted to the higher echelons of Celtic society -- the craftsmen also enjoyed a glass from time to time.
The trend became much clearer after the Neolithic, but the signs were there.
"Many of the challenges we have today are the same ones they had in Çatalhöyük — only magnified," say the paper's authors.
It was a crucial and defining moment in human evolution.
Second-hand flint, ironically, was more of a precision implement that fresh flint.
This just goes to show how complex our evolutionary history really is.
Talk about a stunning find!
Talk about eye for an eye...
This multidisciplinary study could settle a long-lasting debate.
It's the first find of its kind in the area.
The humans had to become very efficient in order to survive.
Walk like an Egyptian?
They say modern life is the best but I won't be convinced till I have a pet fox myself.
Do you think they drunkenly made embarrassing pots and regretted it the next day?
If the footprint is confirmed to be Neanderthal, it would only be the second one in the world, the other being Vartop Cave in Romania.
It sounds weird, but it's surprisingly useful.
The Denisovans were our cousins. We're only now starting to understand them.
The fortuitous discovery of the fossils involved a motivated researcher, a dog, and a 9-year-old boy.
A stripe a day keeps the bug bites away!
They may have received some genetic assistance from an early race of humans.
"Sorry, we can't hire you, you don't have the qualifications."
It's still beautiful to this day.
A significant portion of most people's DNA is Neanderthal.
It's a tool built by humanity's ancestors.
Yet another similarity that Neanderthals share with humans.
There's a lesson to be learned from today.
New research is confirming historical texts and artifacts, suggesting a gruesome practice.
We're beginning to understand who were the first Americans in greater detail.
The origin of these artists, however, remains a mystery.
The cacao plant was domesticated 1,500 years earlier than we thought.
Talk about a gruesome story -- yikes!
Maybe generosity isn't as fixed as we thought it to be -- an important lesson from an indigenous tribe.
Artwork from waaaay before Photoshop.
I know it's a bit cheesy, but this is definitely a remarkable find.
We don't know why they did so.
How I met your Neanderthal mother.
It's all about the dried meat and seeds.
The results of a new study are quite surprising.
The amazing history of a tribe forgotten by time.
An unfortunate centuries-old riddle was solved thanks to an unusual clue: a label.
Neanderthals were every bit as complex and advanced as early humans -- and perhaps even more so.
A genetic journey.
Well if it sounds like a human and walks like a human...
