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You have the ancient Georgians to thank for your favourite wine.
Humans aren't the only ones.
Luckily we're really big on it now.
Humans weren't necessarily better than the Neanderthals, they just moved around more.
It has the potential to help aid efforts and save lives.
Some speculate the teeth may belong to a hominid species but evidence backs no such sensationalist claim.
A very cosmopolitan island.
It doesn't seem that Native Americans mixed with Polynesians before European contact.
A lot has changed in 30.000 years.
The findings partially explain why humans were more successful than Neanderthals.
In most ways, Neanderthals were just like us.
That moment when you realize you've grown really old.
Crack open a nutty one.
Neanderthals were far more complex than meets the eye.
Thieves plundered the cave, but they left researchers a bone.
Canaanites were flourishingly pagan before Joshua came in.
A must-read book spanning time and science.
Aging and obesity alone cannot explain it.
Not bad for such a small thing.
Dibs on the last slice.
Unlikely discoveries hide in unlikely places.
This can be a game changer.
New insight into the evolution of Neanderthals but also into a common ancestral lineage.
Still think Neanderthals were brutes?
This discovery is poised to rewrite our species' history.
An unprecedented research which will pave the way for more ancient mummy genome sequencing.
Emphasis on might.
A primitive Homo species with some surprising skills.
The most comprehensive bone analysis of its kind shows Homo floresiensis didn't share important features with Homo erectus.
The ancient stories held some truth after all.
The mouse in the house has been with us for 15,000 years.
Scientists performed a remarkable facial reconstruction of a 15th century man who lived his last days at the mercy of charity.
Neanderthals took the herbal equipment of aspirin and penicillin.
Feasting on seaweeds is good for your brain -- in fact, it may have been crucial.
Cranial fragments discovered in China can't be pinned down to any known human species. Some speculate it might be Denisovan.
*nods geologically*
To this day, menopause remains a puzzling concept.
A new study seems to suggest that an old but controversial hypothesis may be true. Humans might have first arrived in North America 24,000 years ago.
Our early ancestors may have comprised social groups similar to those seen in gorillas today.
One foot in front of the other.
Best enjoyed with a stone fork from a bark plate.
Digs at one of the most amazing anthropological sites in the world come across something big.
Spectacular images of an uncontacted tribe in the Amazon have emerged, but conservationists and indigenous populations fear that the villagers are in grave danger.
Up to now, we didn't even think they knew which were theirs.
Right in the middle of nowhere, ancient humans ventured to start a new life.
'This will look fabulous in the cave's wall.'
The monkeys cut the stones for a whole different reason, though. Ok, maybe they're not that smart.
A prehistoric walk in the park
Modern archaeology is a lot like crime scene investigation.
This isn't the final word, though.
