Anthropology Evidence of early innovation pushes back human evolutionary timeline March 15, 2018 - Updated on February 13, 2024
Anthropology Neanderthals were artists just like humans, and even understood symbolism February 23, 2018
Anthropology We owe the shape of our jaws, at least in part, to our ancestors’ love of cheese January 31, 2018 - Updated on May 29, 2023
Anthropology Oldest human fossil outside Africa suggests our species left the continent 100,000 years earlier than thought January 26, 2018
Anthropology Anthropologists recreate the face of a 9,000-year-old teenager January 22, 2018 - Updated on February 15, 2019
Anthropology The story of human dispersal out of Africa started 60,000 years earlier than previously thought December 8, 2017
Agriculture Prehistoric women had strong, bulky arms — more powerful than today’s athletes November 30, 2017
Animals 8,000 years old rock art in Saudi Arabia documents the earliest known use of dog leashes November 21, 2017
Anthropology Neandethals in Spain outlived their kin by thousands of years thanks to a big river and an Italian volcano November 20, 2017
Anthropology Early human ancestors may not have passed down knowledge but simply crafted tools on instinct November 2, 2017
Anthropology New simulation can predict where refugees will flee after a conflict October 23, 2017 - Updated on October 24, 2017
Anthropology Mysterious 9.7-million-year-old fossilized teeth likely belong to unknown ancient European primate October 23, 2017
Anthropology Newfoundland settled multiple times by unrelated groups of people in the last 7,700 years, study reveals October 16, 2017
Anthropology Easter Island natives may not have sailed all the way to South America after all October 12, 2017
Anthropology Virtual reconstruction shows what the first modern humans to reach Europe looked like October 9, 2017 - Updated on October 10, 2017
Anthropology Early modern humans formed complex social networks to avoid inbreeding as early as 34,000 years ago October 6, 2017
Anthropology Some 2% of our DNA is Neanderthal. Here’s what it does October 6, 2017 - Updated on May 24, 2021
Anthropology Modern humans emerged up to 350,000 years ago, much earlier than previously thought September 29, 2017
Anthropology Human bones in underwater Mexico cave dated to 13,000 years ago — thanks to a pelvis-stalagmite September 1, 2017 - Updated on April 25, 2019
Anthropology Book Review: ‘Foragers, Farmers, and Fossil Fuels: How Human Values Evolve’ August 22, 2017
Anthropology Tiny, fossilized ape skull brings us closer to the common human-ape ancestor, fuels debate over humanity’s place of birth August 10, 2017
Anthropology Modern humans might’ve killed off the Neanderthals by eating all the mammoth August 8, 2017
Anthropology A lost race of hominids left their legacy in the saliva of Sub-Saharan populations July 27, 2017
Anthropology No bones needed — researchers use DNA in soil to tell if humans were around July 7, 2017
Anthropology Early Neanderthal DNA suggests a modern human-related dispersal from Africa as early as 220,000 years ago July 4, 2017
Anthropology The plot thickens: earliest Homo Sapiens fossils discovered in Morocco suggest humans evolved more than 300,000 year ago June 8, 2017
Anthropology First DNA analysis of mummies shows ancient and modern Egyptians don’t really have much in common anymore May 31, 2017
Anthropology Scientists report new trove of information on Homo naledi, the newly discovered humanoid species May 9, 2017
Anthropology ‘Hobbits’ didn’t evolve from a direct modern human ancestor. They likely originate from Africa instead April 21, 2017
Anthropology Dental plaque shows what Neanderthals took as drugs March 9, 2017 - Updated on March 10, 2017
Anthropology Seaweed might have helped determine who we are today March 8, 2017 - Updated on January 8, 2024
Anthropology Peculiar ancient skulls have both human and Neanderthal features. Could belong to a new hominid species March 6, 2017 - Updated on March 7, 2017
Anthropology Pretty rock found in Croatia points at Neanderthals’ softer, artistic side January 17, 2017 - Updated on March 10, 2017
Anthropology First humans might have arrived in North America 10,000 years earlier during the Last Glacial Maximum January 9, 2017
Anthropology Oldest footprints paint unique picture of our ancestors’ lives millions of years ago December 15, 2016
