On the trail of a great mystery
An interdisciplinary project led by primatologist Gisela Kopp is using genetic analysis to determine the geographic origin of mummified baboons found in ancient Egypt.
Digging at Jamestown
Decades of excavation and research at Jamestown, America's first fully successful British colony, have shed new light on the beginnings of a nation.
Challenging prehistoric gender roles: Research finds that women were hunters, too
Team discovered little evidence to support the idea that roles were assigned specifically to each sex.
Study reveals our European ancestors ate seaweed and freshwater plants
For many people seaweed holds a reputation as a superfood, heralded for its health benefits and sustainability, but it appears our European ancestors were ahead of the game and...
About 2 million years ago, Homo erectus lived at high altitudes and produced both Oldowan and Acheulean tools
Scientists discover the earliest known evidence of Acheulean technology and one of the earliest fossils of Homo erectus in Ethiopia.
Prehistoric people occupied upland regions of inland Spain in even the coldest periods of the last Ice Age
15,000-21,000 years ago, inland Iberia may have been more populated than traditionally thought.
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.
