Our direct human ancestor Homo erectus is older than we thought
Fossil find at Drimolen palaeocave system in South Africa shows our earliest direct human ancestor existed perhaps as much as 200,000 years earlier than previously thought.
Modern humans, Neanderthals share a tangled genetic history, study affirms
New research adds to growing evidence that our ancestors interbred with Neanderthals at multiple times in history.
Skull scans reveal evolutionary secrets of fossil brains
Australopithecus afarensis ('Lucy') had ape-like brain organization, but prolonged brain growth like humans.
Mesoamerican copper smelting technology aided colonial weaponry
Spanish conquerors depended on indigenous expertise to keep up their munitions supplies, archaeologists have found.
Neanderthals ate mussels, fish, and seals too
International research team finds it wasn't just Homo sapiens who sourced food from the sea.
‘Little Foot’ skull reveals how this more than 3 million year old human ancestor lived
Micro-CT scanning of 'Little Foot' skull reveals new aspects of the life of this more than 3-million year-old-human ancestor.
Bronze Age diet and farming strategy reconstructed using integrative isotope analysis
Cross-sectional study suggests similar diets but different management of livestock among communities and a larger share of animal protein restricted to very few members of the elite.
How millets sustained Mongolia’s empires
Stable isotope analyses reveals dramatic diet diversification at the onset of the steppe's earliest empires.
Each Mediterranean island has its own genetic pattern
Researchers reconstruct migration movements through ancient DNA.
Human populations survived the Toba volcanic super-eruption 74,000 years ago
New archaeological work supports the hypothesis that human populations were present in India by 80,000 years ago and that they survived one of the largest volcanic eruptions in the...
