A first-ever find in Egypt: A funeral garden
Excavation has discovered a 4,000-year-old funerary garden at a tomb entrance.
Bonobos may be better representation of last common ancestor with humans
Study examined muscles of bonobos and found they are more closely related to humans than common chimpanzees.
DNA from extinct humans discovered in cave sediments
Researchers have developed a new method to retrieve hominin DNA from cave sediments - even in the absence of skeletal remains.
Tibetan people have multiple adaptations for life at high altitudes
Study of 27 Tibetan genomes finds adaptations and relationships to Han Chinese and Denisovans.
Early evidence of Middle Stone Age projectiles found in South Africa’s Sibudu Cave
Bifacial, serrated points likely created by pressure flaking technique and hafted on projected weapons.
Megafaunal extinctions driven by too much moisture
Research results could explain why large herbivores persisted in Africa, the cradle of human evolution, to the present day.
New DNA research shows true migration route of early farming in Europe 8,000 years ago
Huddersfield researchers confirm spread of agriculture throughout Europe followed migration into the Mediterranean from the Near East -- thousands of years earlier than widely believed.
Like people, great apes may distinguish between true and false beliefs in others
Apes help people obtain their goals based on the people's false and true beliefs.
Steppe migrant thugs pacified by Stone Age farming women
Researchers argue that Yamnaya warriors belonging to raiding parties married local Stone Age women, settling and adopting an agrarian lifestyle; during this process a Proto-Germanic language and the Corded...
New evidence may provide insight into Neanderthal cognition
Two extra notches found in raven bone may have been a symbolic addition.
The unsolved case of Little Foot’s age
A recent study of the famous Australopithecus fossil skeleton known as Little Foot indicates the individual may be younger than scientists previously thought.
