A new timeline for Neanderthal interbreeding with modern humans
Surviving Neanderthal genes in modern genome tell a story of thousands of years of interactions.
Early collective ritual practices in the Levant
A 36,000-year-old Paleolithic ritual chamber discovered.
We might feel love in our fingertips –– but did the Ancient Mesopotamians?
Researchers studied ancient texts to see whether humans experience emotions in their bodies in a similar manner, regardless of time, language and culture.
Digging Up the Roots of Human Culture
What led humans on the unique path of cultural development? And can we do anything useful with newly reconstructed histories of this process?
Findings shed new light on the evolution of the human brain
Research uncovers major trends in the evolution of hominin brain size over a period of about million years.
Viking colonizers of Iceland and nearby Faroe Islands had very different origins, study finds
Band of Viking men from all over Scandinavia first settled Faroe Islands show geneticists.
Cities Made Differently: Try Imagining Another Urban Existence
We know from history that there are many ways we can live together—let’s explore the idea.
Behind the Spectacle
Evidence shows the gladiatorial games of ancient Rome were much more than entertainment.
