Tibetan people have multiple adaptations for life at high altitudes
Study of 27 Tibetan genomes finds adaptations and relationships to Han Chinese and Denisovans.
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.
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.
Egyptian ritual images from the Neolithic period
Researchers at the University of Bonn discover spectacular rock art at a burial mound near Aswan.
Some farmers in Roman Empire converted to Hun lifestyle
Huns and settlers may have cooperated on the frontier of Roman Empire.
A new perspective on the European colonization of Asia
Excavations in Taiwan demonstrate that the region was already a globalization hub during the early 17th century.
