The Last Hominin Standing
A new study suggests that Homo sapiens developed a new ecological niche that separated it from other hominins, possibly critical to the species' success as the last surviving hominin...
Archeological plant remains point to southwest Amazonia as crop domestication center
Ancient people in the region began cultivating plants and altering forests earlier than previously thought.
Native bison hunters amplified climate impacts on North American prairie fires
Study shows hunter-gatherers used active burning to improve grazing, drive bison, long before arrival of Columbus.
Ecosystem shows resilience to prolonged human modification
Cloud forests of Ecuadorian Andes not as pristine as previously thought.
Mystery of the Basel papyrus solved
The papyrus is a medical document likely written by the Roman physician Galen, say researchers.
Distinctive Projectile Point Technology Sheds Light on Peopling of the Americas
Researchers have unearthed a projectile point technology never previously seen by archaeologists in North America.
Discovery of ancient tools in China suggests humans left Africa earlier than previously thought
Oldest artifacts dated to 2.12 million years ago.
Our fractured African roots
Humans did not stem from a single ancestral population in one region of Africa, suggests this study.
Ancient bones reveal 2 whale species lost from the Mediterranean Sea
Ancient bones from Roman archaeological sites reveal 2 whale species lost from the Mediterranean Sea.
The best radiocarbon-dated site in recent Iberian prehistory
Experts from the University of Seville have reconstructed the social processes and cultural phenomena that occurred in the archeological site of Valencina (Andalusia) between the 32nd and 24th centuries...
A new look at Julius Caesar
The world-renowned general Julius Caesar may have been rather less heroic than we imagine.
Ancient hominin foot fossil adds insights to mobility over 3 million years ago
Scientists report on a nearly complete hominin foot from Dikika, Ethiopia, and its implications for Australopithecus afarensis.
Ancestral people of Chaco Canyon likely grew their own food in a harsh environment
University of Cincinnati researchers found the soils in New Mexico could support agriculture, suggesting the people who lived there 1,000 years ago were self-sufficient.
