Citrus: From luxury item to cash crop in Mediterranean
Citrus fruits were clear status symbols of the nobility in the ancient Mediterranean, Tel Aviv University researcher says.
Human bones may have been engraved as part of a cannibalistic ritual
Unusual zig-zagging cuts on a human radius from Gough's cave indicate intentional engraving.
New look at archaic DNA rewrites human evolution story
Contradicts convention on Denisovans, Neanderthals, modern humans.
Modern domestic dog has a single geographic origin
New study counters previous research that suggested two domestication processes led to the modern dog.
Origin of human genus may have occurred by chance?
A GW researcher's paper challenges the claim that the genus Homo originated in response to environmental changes.
Humans have been altering tropical forests for at least 45,000 years
Tens of thousands of years of controlled burns, forest management and clear-cutting have implications for modern conservation efforts and shatter the image of the 'untouched' tropical forest.
Ancient DNA reveals Minoan and Mycenaean origins
The people of Europe's first advanced civilizations descended from Neolithic western Anatolian and Aegean farmers, and modern Greeks are closely related to the Mycenaeans.
