Neanderthal ancestry identifies oldest modern human genome

The fossil skull of a woman in Czechia has provided the oldest modern human genome yet reconstructed, representing a population that formed before the ancestors of present-day Europeans and...

Wed, Apr 7, 2021

Humans were apex predators for two million years

What did our ancestors eat during the stone age? Mostly meat

Mon, Apr 5, 2021

Early humans in the Kalahari were as innovative as their coastal neighbors

Archaeological evidence in a rockshelter at the edge of the Kalahari Desert, South Africa, is challenging the idea that the origins of our species were linked to coastal environments.

Wed, Mar 31, 2021

Ancient genomes trace the origin and decline of the Scythians

Fri, Mar 26, 2021

The world’s earliest stone technologies are likely to be older than previously thought

A new study from the University of Kent's School of Anthropology and Conservation has found that Oldowan and Acheulean stone tool technologies are likely to be tens of thousands...

Thu, Mar 25, 2021

Ancient Maya houses show wealth inequality is tied to despotic governance

States with more collective governance had more similarly sized houses.

Wed, Mar 24, 2021

New evidence in search for the mysterious Denisovans

Tue, Mar 23, 2021

Shell middens rewrite history of submerged coastal landscapes in North America & Europe

Tue, Mar 23, 2021

An ancient Maya ambassador’s bones show a life of privilege and hardship

Ajpach' Waal forged an alliance between two dynasties but died in obscurity.

Tue, Mar 16, 2021

Experts recreate a mechanical Cosmos from the world’s first computer

Fri, Mar 12, 2021

Elite women might have ruled El Argar 4,000 years ago

Thu, Mar 11, 2021

Researchers solve more of the mystery of Laos megalithic jars

'Plain of Jars' dates put at 1240 to 660 BCE.

Thu, Mar 11, 2021

Genetic analysis of ancient massacre reveals instance of indiscriminate killing

Wed, Mar 10, 2021

Scythian people weren’t just nomadic warriors, but sometimes settled down

Varied diets and limited mobility challenge stereotypes of ancient steppe populations.

Wed, Mar 10, 2021

Timing of Neanderthal disappearance from Northwest Europe

Mon, Mar 8, 2021

Humans evolved to be the water-saving ape

New study suggests humans evolved to run on less water than our closest primate relatives.

Fri, Mar 5, 2021

Woolly mammoths may have shared the landscape with first humans in New England

Researchers trace the age of a rib fragment of the Mount Holly mammoth.

Thu, Mar 4, 2021

Journey of a skull: How a single human cranium wound up alone in a cave in Italy

Rare evidence from Eneolithic cranium suggests funerary treatment of corpse.

Wed, Mar 3, 2021

New technology allows scientists first glimpse of intricate details of Little Foot’s life

Tue, Mar 2, 2021

The human brain grew as a result of the extinction of large animals

Researchers from Tel Aviv University propose a new explanation for human evolution.

Tue, Mar 2, 2021