This gene variant contributed to the dietary and physiological evolution of modern humans
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Cover Stories
Re-creating the sounds of an underground city
Simulating the soundscape of an ancient city can provide useful historical information for scholars.
Lost and Found: The Evidence for the Lost Colony
The emerging evidence for the whereabouts of America's famous "lost colony".
Wild orangutans show communication complexity thought to be uniquely human
Asians made humanity’s longest prehistoric migration and shaped the genetic landscape in the Americas, finds NTU Singapore-led study
GenomeAsia100K study showed that early Asians travelled over 20,000km from North Asia to South America.
Hands from two hominin species show the path to dexterity and tool use was gradual
Provenance of obsidian artifacts at Tenochtitlan
Findings provide insights into the dynamics of obsidian trade systems across Postclassic Mesoamerica.
The oldest wood spears are 100,000 years younger than estimated, and used by Neanderthals instead of their ancestors
Archeologists Join Geologists in the Quest to Define the Age of Humans
A new archeology is being developed based on evidence of human activity in the Earth’s sedimentary record, and archeologists are helping to define the Anthropocene as a new stage in the geological record.
Ancient Andes society used hallucinogens to strengthen social order
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Other Stories
Research reveals ancient Maya lessons on surviving drought
Huge variety of plant foods made their starvation unlikely.
Nits on ancient mummies shed light on South American ancestry
New technique means head lice can provide clues about ancient people and migration.
Scientists digitally ‘unwrap’ mummy of pharaoh Amenhotep I for the first time in 3,000 years
Study shows that 21st dynasty restorers ‘lovingly restored’ mummy, dispelling theory that they were bent on reusing old royal burial equipment.
New dates for Viking trade
Solar flare throws light on ancient trade between the Islamic Middle East and the Viking Age.
Humans Reached Remote North Atlantic Islands Centuries Earlier Than Thought
Faroes Settled Well Before Vikings Arrived, Lake Sediments Show.
Mystery solved: Footprints from site A at Laetoli, Tanzania, are from early humans, not bears
Findings provide conclusive evidence that multiple species of hominins co-existed on the landscape.
Volcanic eruptions contributed to collapse of China dynasties
Eruptions create sulfuric acid clouds in the upper atmosphere and can cool the climate.
A Child of darkness
The first partial skull of a child of Homo naledi begins to give us insight into all stages of life of this remarkable species.
More than ceremonial, ancient Chaco Canyon was home, new study says
Early puebloans impacted the ecosystem around Chaco Canyon earlier than previously believed.
