Initial Upper Paleolithic technology reached North China by ~41,000 years ago
Refined dating techniques provide method to discern spread of new culture across Asia.
Facial reconstruction of Lincoln’s medieval priest
Excavation of rare medieval priest burial site at Lincoln Cathedral gives glimpse into the past.
Oldest connection with Native Americans identified near Lake Baikal in Siberia
Newly sequenced genomes from prehistoric hunter-gatherers in the region of Lake Baikal reveal connections with First Americans and across Eurasia.
New study records dual hand use in early human relative
Study suggests Australopithecus sediba hands were adapted to both tree-climbing and human-like manipulation.
A lost world and extinct ecosystem
Scientists reconstruct the world in which early modern humans lived in South Africa.
Ancient DNA unveils important missing piece of human history
New ancient genomic research reveals information about human history in China.
Researchers trace evolution of self-control
Human self-control evolved in our early ancestors, becoming particularly evident around 500,000 years ago when they developed the skills to make sophisticated tools, a new study suggests.
Geometry guided construction of earliest known temple, built 6,000 years before Stonehenge
Hunter-gatherers built colossal Göbekli Tepe 11,500 years ago in today's Turkey as a single structure of ritual significance, say Tel Aviv University researchers.
The oldest Upper Paleolithic Homo sapiens in Europe
Major cultural transition in Europe took place earlier than previously thought.
Ancient Andes, analyzed
International team sketches first large-scale genomic portrait of pre-Columbian Andean civilizations.
Demographic expansion of several Amazonian archaeological cultures by computer simulation
The study uses simulation techniques and shows that some cultural expansions from Amazonia during the late Holocene may have arisen from similar demographic processes to the Neolithic in Eurasia.
African skeletons from early colonial Mexico tell the story of first-generation slaves
An interdisciplinary study into the origins and health status of three African skeletons unearthed in Mexico shows evidence of forced migration, physical trauma, and the introduction of infectious diseases...
