» North Africans were among the first to colonize the Canary Islands
» New light on origins of modern humans
» First Anatolian farmers were local hunter-gatherers that adopted agriculture
» Hepatitis B virus sheds light on ancient human population movements into Australia
» Diet-induced changes favor innovation in speech sounds
» Unique diversity of the genetic history of the Iberian Peninsula revealed by dual studies
» Prehistoric Britons rack up food miles for feasts near Stonehenge
» Changes in rat size reveal habitat of 'Hobbit' hominin
» From Stone Age chips to microchips: How tiny tools may have made us human
» Fossil teeth from Kenya solve ancient monkey mystery
» Horseshoe crabs are really relatives of spiders, scorpions
» Proofs of parallel evolution between cognition, tool development, and social complexity
» Hundreds of children and llamas sacrificed in a ritual event in 15th century Peru
» Some worms recently evolved the ability to regrow a complete head
» Modern beer yeast emerged from mix of European grape wine, Asian rice wine yeast
» How megalodon's teeth evolved into the 'ultimate cutting tools'
» New findings shed light on origin of upright walking in human ancestors
» Oldest tattoo tool in western North America
» High-tech laser scans uncover hidden military traverse at Alcatraz Island
» New research casts doubt on cause of Angkor's collapse
» Climate change contributed to fall of Cahokia
» Neanderthals walked upright just like the humans of today
» Origins of giant extinct New Zealand bird traced to Africa
» Pottery reveals America's first social media networks
» Neanderthals' main food source was definitely meat
» Homo sapiens colonized South Asian rainforest by hunting small mammals 45,000 years ago
» Biodiversity on land is not higher today than in the past, study shows
» Indigenous hunters have positive impacts on food webs in desert Australia
» Dog burial as common ritual in Neolithic populations of north-eastern Iberian Peninsula
» Neanderthal footprints found in Gibraltar
» 'X-ray gun' helps researchers pinpoint the origins of pottery found on ancient shipwreck
» New technique pinpoints milestones in the evolution of bacteria
» Prehistoric food globalization spanned three millennia
» A taste for fat may have made us human
» Medieval inks for heritage conservation
» Over 800 new genome regions possibly relevant to human evolution identified
» The Caucasus: Complex interplay of genes and cultures
» Sexing ancient cremated human remains is possible through skeletal measurements
» Deep history of archaic humans in southern Siberia
» Ancient Mongolian skull is the earliest modern human yet found in the region
» Challenges of curating ancient biomolecules
» Humans colonized diverse environments in Southeast Asia and Oceania during the Pleistocene
» Crocodiles have complex past
» Human mutation rate has slowed recently
» A surprisingly early replacement of Neanderthals by modern humans in southern Spain
» Scientists confirm pair of skeletons are from same early hominin species
» An ancient relative of humans shows a surprisingly modern trait
» Artificial intelligence applied to the genome identifies an unknown human ancestor
» New insights into what Neolithic people ate in Southeastern Europe
» Climate change during ancient Indus Civilization
» DNA tool allows you to trace your ancient ancestry
» 15-meter-long ancient whale Basilosaurus isis was top marine predator
» Illuminating women's role in the creation of medieval manuscripts
» Evolution used same genetic formula to turn animals monogamous
» Surfer's ear points to ancient pearl divers in Panama
» Genetic study reveals how citrus became the Med's favorite squeeze
» Peering into Little Foot's 3.67-million-year-old brain
» Ancient Japanese pottery includes an estimated 500 maize weevils
» Satellite data exposes looting of archaeological sites
» Neanderthal genes give clues to human brain evolution