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Neanderthal life wasn't more violent than human life, new study suggests

Yet another similarity that Neanderthals share with humans.

Climate change caused the demise of flourishing Ancient civilization

There's a lesson to be learned from today.

Ancient Gauls embalmed heads of enemies as trophies more than 2,000 years ago

New research is confirming historical texts and artifacts, suggesting a gruesome practice.

Ancient DNA reveals two previously unknown migrations into South America

We're beginning to understand who were the first Americans in greater detail.

Scientists find oldest figurative cave painting

The origin of these artists, however, remains a mystery.

Chocolate and humans go back much longer than we thought

The cacao plant was domesticated 1,500 years earlier than we thought.

Neanderthal child was eaten by giant bird

Talk about a gruesome story -- yikes!

Generosity may be contagious, new study suggests

Maybe generosity isn't as fixed as we thought it to be -- an important lesson from an indigenous tribe.

Painted rock points to higher cognitive function in humans 73,000 years ago

Artwork from waaaay before Photoshop.

Europeans have been eating cheese for at least 7,000 years

I know it's a bit cheesy, but this is definitely a remarkable find.

One of our extinct ancient relatives developed a chewing pattern unique among primates

We don't know why they did so.

Human hybrid -- Ancient human relatives interbred with each other

How I met your Neanderthal mother.

Ancient jawbones hint at ancient humans' diet

It's all about the dried meat and seeds.

Why do humans have such big brains?

The results of a new study are quite surprising.

The most remote tribe in the world -- untouched and uncontacted

The amazing history of a tribe forgotten by time.

"Made in China" label allows archaeologists to trace down ancient ship

An unfortunate centuries-old riddle was solved thanks to an unusual clue: a label.

Engraved Crimean flint could point to Neanderthal symbolism

Neanderthals were every bit as complex and advanced as early humans -- and perhaps even more so.

Breastfeeding changed tooth shape in pre-Native American people

A genetic journey.

Human-like walking evolved before the genus Homo, more than 3.6 million years ago

Well if it sounds like a human and walks like a human...

Ancient humans were practicing brain surgery on cows 5,400 years ago

Ancient brain surgery -- now here's something I'd never have to say.

How expressive eyebrows helped shape human evolution

Well this study is bound to raise some eyebrows.

Why did Neanderthals have such big noses? It helped them adapt to the cold, study says

All the better to breathe with.

Mesolithic people were able to withstand dramatic climate shocks, new study shows

These ancient populations were impressively resilient.

Modern humans and Denisovans interbred at least twice in history

Our ancestors interbred both with Neanderthals and Denisovans.

Evidence of early innovation pushes back human evolutionary timeline

Our ancestors made symbolic use of color pigments and employed advanced tools earlier than previously thought.

Neanderthals were artists just like humans, and even understood symbolism

Neanderthals were thinkers and artists, just like humans, tantalizing new research suggests.

We owe the shape of our jaws, at least in part, to our ancestors' love of cheese

Cheese -- it literally made your bones what they are.

Oldest human fossil outside Africa suggests our species left the continent 100,000 years earlier than thought

A 200,000-year-old human jawbone found in a cave in Israel is rewriting history.

Anthropologists recreate the face of a 9,000-year-old teenager

She looked nothing like you'd expect.

Infant skeleton sheds new light on early Native American populations

Genome sequencing of infant found in Alaska reveals new Native American Population

Ancient mummy found to have bone cancer

Cancer was already affecting humans 2,000 years ago.

The story of human dispersal out of Africa started 60,000 years earlier than previously thought

The history of mankind's humble beginnings has been rewritten.

Prehistoric women had strong, bulky arms -- more powerful than today's athletes

Think you're buffed today? Well, I've got some news for you...

8,000 years old rock art in Saudi Arabia documents the earliest known use of dog leashes

Woof.

Neandethals in Spain outlived their kin by thousands of years thanks to a big river and an Italian volcano

The research suggests that human interbreeding was more of a 'step-by-step' event.

Humans have been drinking wine for at least 8,000 years

You have the ancient Georgians to thank for your favourite wine.

Bonobos perform random acts of kindness to strangers

Humans aren't the only ones.

Early human ancestors may not have passed down knowledge but simply crafted tools on instinct

Luckily we're really big on it now.

Neanderthals were doomed to fail, new study suggests

Humans weren't necessarily better than the Neanderthals, they just moved around more.

New simulation can predict where refugees will flee after a conflict

It has the potential to help aid efforts and save lives.

Mysterious 9.7-million-year-old fossilized teeth likely belong to unknown ancient European primate

Some speculate the teeth may belong to a hominid species but evidence backs no such sensationalist claim.

Newfoundland settled multiple times by unrelated groups of people in the last 7,700 years, study reveals

A very cosmopolitan island.

Easter Island natives may not have sailed all the way to South America after all

It doesn't seem that Native Americans mixed with Polynesians before European contact.

Virtual reconstruction shows what the first modern humans to reach Europe looked like

A lot has changed in 30.000 years.

Early modern humans formed complex social networks to avoid inbreeding as early as 34,000 years ago

The findings partially explain why humans were more successful than Neanderthals.

Some 2% of our DNA is Neanderthal. Here's what it does

In most ways, Neanderthals were just like us.

Modern humans emerged up to 350,000 years ago, much earlier than previously thought

That moment when you realize you've grown really old.

Macaques may have just entered the Stone Age

Crack open a nutty one.

Neanderthals were distilling tar 200,000 years ago well before humans

Neanderthals were far more complex than meets the eye.

Human bones in underwater Mexico cave dated to 13,000 years ago -- thanks to a pelvis-stalagmite

Thieves plundered the cave, but they left researchers a bone.
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