Macaques unintentionally created stone fragments that bear a resemblance to some of the earliest stone artifacts crafted by early hominins. The study focuses on fresh…
The Wari Empire, Peru’s earliest major civilization, spanned over a thousand miles across the Andes Mountains and the coastal region from 600-1000 CE. The remnants…
Color plays a huge role in our lives — the hues we wear and decorate with are a way for us to signal who we…
Cities often have vastly different lifespans, with some lasting just a century or two, while others endure for a thousand years or more. The reasons…
Researchers are comparing the genetic makeup of humans’ extinct relatives to those of contemporary individuals. It sounds like a Stone Age comedy skit: A Denisovan…
A genome of a human from the Ice Age refuge located in southern Spain. A team of researchers from around the world has studied ancient…
Over five hundred years ago, in the Guatemalan highlands of the Midwest, the Maya people traded goods with far less intervention from their rulers than…
According to new research, violence, and warfare were prevalent in many Neolithic communities across Northwest Europe during the time when farming was adopted. New research…
90,000 years ago, Neanderthals based in Portugal harvested and roasted brown crabs. Scientists studying archaeological remains at Gruta da Figueira Brava, Portugal, discovered that Neanderthals…
Oregon State University archaeologists have made a historic discovery in Idaho by uncovering projectile points thousands of years older than any previously found in the…
The researchers analyzed the trends in evolution and adaptation. Humans have been evolving for millions of years. However, the past 12,000 years have been the…
The presence of striations and residue reveal the techniques used in harvesting. A study led by Dartmouth has uncovered the earliest evidence of rice harvesting,…
A new study involving researchers from University College London, the University of Kent, and Duke University suggests that human bipedalism – walking on two legs…
A team of researchers has uncovered an ancient monkey skeleton at the ruins of Teotihuacán, Mexico, that suggests the earliest evidence of primate captivity, translocation,…
A new study reported in the journal Cell on January 5, 2023, captures a genetic history across Scandinavia over 2,000 years, from the Iron Age…
This discovery is critical for studying the evolutionary model of hominins during the Middle Pleistocene period in Europe. Jorge Rivera, a researcher and technician from…
Aztec farming calendar accurately tracked seasons and leap years. Without clocks or modern tools, ancient Mexicans watched the sun to maintain a farming calendar that…
Fascinating clues to the evolution of humans have been revealed through the analysis of the teeth of extinct lemurs. This is according to the findings…
