People in this country are the most Denisovan in the world
We're starting to find more traces of Denisovan-human interbreeding.
Tag: Anthropology
Some 15,000 years ago, a prehistoric culture created intricate art by firelight
There's more to this art than meets the eye.
Humans started growing cannabis 12,000 years ago — for food, fibers, and probably to get high
Humans and weed go back 120 centuries.
Scientists find 1.4 million-year-old hand axe made out of hippo femur
It's only the second hand axe made out of bone that scientists have ever come across.
A new “ghost lineage” of humans found in Africa
DNA analysis shows a 'profoundly different' landscape than we thought.
Engraved Crimean flint could point to Neanderthal symbolism
Neanderthals were every bit as complex and advanced as early humans -- and perhaps even more so.
How expressive eyebrows helped shape human evolution
Well this study is bound to raise some eyebrows.
Human bones in underwater Mexico cave dated to 13,000 years ago — thanks to a pelvis-stalagmite
Thieves plundered the cave, but they left researchers a bone.
Book Review: ‘Foragers, Farmers, and Fossil Fuels: How Human Values Evolve’
A must-read book spanning time and science.
Ancient autism: 100,000 years ago, people with autism were championed and may even have shaped human evolution
Their unique skills provided a huge advantage to the groups who embraced them.
Ancient Alaskans feasted on salmon 12,000 years ago
Modern archaeology is a lot like crime scene investigation.
Did the earliest Americans walk on ice or cross on water? New study sparks debate
How did people get to America, and when? A new, 'pioneering and neat' study may have some answers.
Scientists solve one of anthropology’s most famous hoaxes
In 1912, palaeontologist Arthur Smith Woodward and the amateur antiquarian Charles Dawson made a stunning announcement, which turned out to ...
Ancient CSI: Scientists investigate 430,000 year old Murder
Anthropologists have uncovered a 430,000 year old homo skull with fatal wounds that represents the earliest identified murder case in ...
Roman Gladiators were mostly Vegetarian, Drank Sports Drinks from Bone and Ashes
Roman gladiators - some of the most feared warriors in history were mostly vegetarian, a new anthropological study has shown. ...
The hobbits may not be real – Flores bones show features of Down syndrome, not new species
In 2004, anthropologists and archaeologists working in Indonesia uncovered what was named "the biggest anthropological finding for 100 years" - ...
Transition to civilization led to drop in testosterone
A study suggests that humanity's transition to civilization coincided with a drop in testosterone. Less of the hormone is associated ...
Oldest most complete skeleton found in the New World
In what is quite an exciting study, a mixed team of researchers and cave divers announced the discovery of a ...
Skull suggests three hominid species were just one
A new, controversial analysis of a skull suggests that Homo habilis, Homo rudolfensis and Homo erectus were in fact the ...
“Adam” figure of all men is 340.000 years old
You may understand that all people are different, but it takes a lot of genetics to understand just how different ...
Neanderthals may have died off much earlier than thought
A new carbon dating technique developed by Australian scientists may warrant a new extinction theory for the Neanderthals, which according ...
The grandmother hypothesis – grandma babysitting helped us evolve longer lifespans
Strangely enough, it was computer simulation that provided the mathematical support for the grandmother hypothesis - a famous yet controversial ...
Neolithic man: the first lumberjack?
During the Neolithic period, man made the big jump from hunter-gatherer to farmer and agriculturalist, eventually moving on to larger ...
The ancient ‘Nutcracker Man’ actually prefered grass
In a recent important palentological find, it seems that one of our ancient ancestors, the so called "Nutcracker Man" who ...
Chimps can work together similarily to humans, study shows
In a recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, scientists have shown that our closest ...
Why Women Get More Cavities
It's not because they deserve it, if that's what you're thinking - you mysoginistic bastard; and it's not because they're ...