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
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
