Anthropology Archaeologists find first prehistoric figurative cave art in the Balkans April 16, 2019 - Updated on April 25, 2019
Anthropology New research suggests humanity’s ancestors began walking upright earlier than believed March 1, 2019 - Updated on March 2, 2019
Animals Bronze-age Iberians included domesticated foxes and dogs in their burial practices February 25, 2019 - Updated on April 20, 2023
Anthropology Could these fossils be the much-sought “missing link”? January 22, 2019 - Updated on April 24, 2019
Animals Traditional zebra-like tattoos protect tribes-people from insect bites January 16, 2019 - Updated on January 17, 2019
Anthropology Stone Age people were living on the Himalayan plateau 30,000 years ago December 22, 2018
Anthropology Archaeologists find 50,000 year-old tiara, made from wooly mammoth ivory December 10, 2018
Anthropology More evidence shows that Neanderthals and early humans interbred — multiple times November 26, 2018
Anthropology Neanderthal life wasn’t more violent than human life, new study suggests November 14, 2018
Anthropology Climate change caused the demise of flourishing Ancient civilization November 13, 2018 - Updated on November 16, 2018
Anthropology Ancient Gauls embalmed heads of enemies as trophies more than 2,000 years ago November 12, 2018
Anthropology Ancient DNA reveals two previously unknown migrations into South America November 9, 2018
Anthropology Generosity may be contagious, new study suggests September 20, 2018 - Updated on September 21, 2018
Anthropology Painted rock points to higher cognitive function in humans 73,000 years ago September 13, 2018
Anthropology Europeans have been eating cheese for at least 7,000 years September 6, 2018 - Updated on February 18, 2020
Anthropology One of our extinct ancient relatives developed a chewing pattern unique among primates August 30, 2018
Anthropology The most remote tribe in the world — untouched and uncontacted May 22, 2018 - Updated on May 4, 2023
Anthropology Breastfeeding changed tooth shape in pre-Native American people April 23, 2018 - Updated on February 28, 2020
Anthropology Human-like walking evolved before the genus Homo, more than 3.6 million years ago April 23, 2018
Anthropology Why did Neanderthals have such big noses? It helped them adapt to the cold, study says April 5, 2018
Anthropology Mesolithic people were able to withstand dramatic climate shocks, new study shows March 26, 2018
Anthropology Evidence of early innovation pushes back human evolutionary timeline March 15, 2018 - Updated on February 13, 2024
Anthropology Neanderthals were artists just like humans, and even understood symbolism February 23, 2018
Anthropology We owe the shape of our jaws, at least in part, to our ancestors’ love of cheese January 31, 2018 - Updated on May 29, 2023
Anthropology Oldest human fossil outside Africa suggests our species left the continent 100,000 years earlier than thought January 26, 2018
Anthropology Anthropologists recreate the face of a 9,000-year-old teenager January 22, 2018 - Updated on February 15, 2019
Anthropology The story of human dispersal out of Africa started 60,000 years earlier than previously thought December 8, 2017
Agriculture Prehistoric women had strong, bulky arms — more powerful than today’s athletes November 30, 2017
Animals 8,000 years old rock art in Saudi Arabia documents the earliest known use of dog leashes November 21, 2017
Anthropology Neandethals in Spain outlived their kin by thousands of years thanks to a big river and an Italian volcano November 20, 2017
