Long-term history of violence in hunter-gatherer societies uncovered in the Atacama Desert
10,000 years of violent conflict revealed by skeletons, weaponry, and rock art.
Stone age artists carved detailed human and animal tracks in rock art in Namibia
Indigenous trackers could identify the prints’ species, sex and age for 90% of analyzed engravings.
Ancient Neolithic ‘Horn Chamber’ reveals ritual performed in north-west Arabia
Studies detail nature and significance of apparent ceremonial offerings in mustatils, Neolithic structures where deposits of horns and skull parts suggest a sophisticated expression of deeply rooted beliefs.
New ancient ape from Türkiye challenges the story of human origins
Anadoluvius lived almost 9 million years ago and is ancestral to living African apes and humans.
Bronze Age family systems deciphered: Mainz palaeogeneticists analyze a 3,800-year-old extended family
32 individuals from a burial site in the southern Ural region show close kinship relations – only the women came from other areas.
Ötzi: dark skin, bald head, Anatolian ancestry
Research team used advanced sequencing technology to analyze Ötzi’s genome to obtain a more accurate picture of the Iceman’s appearance and genetic origins.
Neolithic necklace from child’s grave reveals complex ancient culture
Analysis of the body ornament from Jordan identifies complex interplay of art, trade, status, and funerary practice.
Luzio, who lived in São Paulo 10,000 years ago, was Amerindian like Indigenous people now, DNA reveals
An investigation covering four different parts of Brazil carried out analysis of genomic data from 34 fossils, including larger skeletons and the famous mounds of shells and fishbones built...
The invisible plant technology of the prehistoric Philippines
Stone tools bear tell-tale markings of fiber technology going back 39,000 years.
Humans’ evolutionary relatives butchered one another 1.45 million years ago
Cut marks on a fossil leg bone belonging to a relative of modern humans were made by stone tools and could be evidence of cannibalism.
