Anthropology Did the earliest Americans walk on ice or cross on water? New study sparks debate August 11, 2016
Anthropology Neanderthals’ big eyes helped them flourish, not perish as previously suggested August 10, 2016
Anthropology Facial reconstruction shows how British people looked like 3,700 years ago August 2, 2016
Anthropology Neanderthals in Belgium were cannibals and fashioned tools out the bones of their own kind July 7, 2016 - Updated on May 5, 2020
Anthropology Humans got smarter to care for needy infants, making them more helpless in the process May 26, 2016 - Updated on March 4, 2017
Anthropology Stunning cave findings show Neanderthals made fire way before humans May 25, 2016 - Updated on February 12, 2024
Anthropology A world map of Neanderthal and Denisovan ancestry in modern humans March 29, 2016 - Updated on February 17, 2023
Anthropology Modern people from the Pacific Islands have remnant Neanderthal and Denisovan DNA March 21, 2016 - Updated on February 17, 2023
Anthropology 400,000-year-old fossils from Spain provide earliest genetic evidence of Neandertals March 16, 2016
Anthropology Using tools to process raw meat may have altered the course of human evolution March 10, 2016 - Updated on March 11, 2016
Anthropology Easter Island populations were not destroyed by warfare, reseach finds February 16, 2016
Anthropology Bushmen’s poisoned arrows improved hunting but also marked shift in cognition February 3, 2016 - Updated on March 23, 2023
Anthropology 10,000 Year Old Hunter-Gatherer Massacre Uncovered January 21, 2016 - Updated on February 13, 2024
Anthropology “Cave of Forgotten Dreams” may be earliest painting of volcano eruption January 19, 2016
Anthropology How women subconsciously fight sexual competition January 18, 2016 - Updated on October 31, 2016
Anthropology Mysterious Russian idol is the oldest wooden object in the world January 12, 2016 - Updated on February 16, 2017
Anthropology Challenging the “Out of Africa” theory, one tooth at a time October 16, 2015 - Updated on February 12, 2024
Anthropology Innovation 101 – migratory study offers insight into how humans develop new technology and ideas September 21, 2015
Anthropology New human ancestor, Homo naledi, discovered in a hidden pit, deep inside a South African cave September 10, 2015
Anthropology Basque people, who to this day speak a prehistoric language, came from early Iberic farmers September 9, 2015
Agriculture And then I threw it on the ground: first signs of farming come from the middle east, some 23,000 years ago July 27, 2015 - Updated on October 4, 2017
Anthropology The golden enigma: archaeologists find trove of mysterious golden spirals July 27, 2015 - Updated on February 14, 2019
Anthropology The first Americans came from Russia’s frozen expanse, Siberia, some 23,000 years ago July 25, 2015
Anthropology Leaving the nest: early humans migrated from Africa through North, rather than South May 29, 2015 - Updated on November 16, 2020
Anthropology Early human societies were egalitarian – male dominance emerges only with agriculture and more resources May 15, 2015 - Updated on April 20, 2023
Anthropology Handy women: females are better than male at DIYs – at least in chimps April 15, 2015 - Updated on February 16, 2017
Anthropology Mankind and its Relatives – Modern Homo Species April 2, 2015 - Updated on April 29, 2023