Early humans used tiny, flint ‘surgical’ tools to butcher elephants
New discovery by Tel Aviv University-led research group suggests early humans in the Levant were sophisticated and environmentally conscious.
Humans were changing the environment much earlier than believed
And that may be good news for a more sustainable future
Archaeological site reveals humans arrived in the Americas more than 16,000 years ago
Evidence supports theory that humans entered using Pacific coastal routes.
The face of an early human ancestor
Researchers discover remarkably complete 3.8-million-year-old cranium of Australopithecus anamensis at Woranso-Mille in Ethiopia.
The beginnings of trade in northwestern Europe during the Bronze Age
Göttingen research confirms hypotheses on the complexity of commerce over 3,000 years ago.
Here’s how early humans evaded immunodeficiency viruses
CryoEM reveals structural effect of mutation that made humans, but not apes, immune to SIV.
20-million-year-old skull suggests complex brain evolution in monkeys, apes
New study reveals that brain enlargement and modern features evolved repeatedly in anthropoids.
Nordic Bronze Age attracted wide variety of migrants to Denmark
Results of largest Denmark multidisciplinary human mobility investigation to date.
Biomolecular analyses of Roopkund skeletons show Mediterranean migrants in Indian Himalaya
The lake was thought to be the site of an ancient catastrophic event that left several hundred people dead, but the first ancient whole genome data from India shows...
