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.
Neanderthal cave engravings are oldest known – over 57,000 years old
Finger-marks on a cave wall in France were made before Homo sapiens entered the region.
A rare glimpse of our first ancestors in mainland Southeast Asia
Tam Pà Ling, a cave in northern Laos, reveals new secrets about our earliest human journeys from Africa through to Australia.
New victims from Pompeii emerge from the excavation of the House of the Chaste Lovers
Along with the volcano, an earthquake claimed lives in Pompeii.
Ancient climate change solves mystery of vanished South African lakes
Arid regions of South Africa were once home to lakes, and early humans, a University of Leicester-led study has confirmed.
Humanity’s earliest recorded kiss occurred in Mesopotamia 4,500 years ago
Written sources document that kissing was practiced by the peoples of the ancient Middle East 4,500 years ago, conclude researchers from the University of Copenhagen and University of Oxford...
