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.
Did humans create the Sahara desert?
New research challenges the idea that changes in the Earth's orbit triggered Sahara desertification.
Dental Plaque DNA Opens New Window on Neanderthal Life-Ways
DNA study reveals what two different groups of Neanderthals consumed and how they practiced their own medicine.
