Unraveling the Origins of Ancient Egypt’s Mummified Baboons
An interdisciplinary project led by primatologist Gisela Kopp is employing genetic analysis to determine the geographic origins of baboon mummies discovered in ancient Egypt. In…
An interdisciplinary project led by primatologist Gisela Kopp is employing genetic analysis to determine the geographic origins of baboon mummies discovered in ancient Egypt. In…
Team discovered little evidence to support the idea that roles were assigned specifically to each sex. It’s a familiar story to many of us: In…
Archaeological research indicates that European ancestors consumed seaweed and freshwater plants for millennia, emphasizing the potential health benefits and sustainability of reintroducing these foods into…
Analysis of the body ornament from Jordan identifies a complex interplay of art, trade, status, and funerary practice. A single accessory, an ornate necklace found…
Discoveries at Kalambo Falls, Zambia offer insights into ancient human technology. Recent research has revealed that nearly half a million years ago, ancient human ancestors,…
New research, supported by advanced dating techniques, suggests that humans settled in the Americas around 23,000 years ago, challenging earlier beliefs of a 14,000-year timeline….
Two new lines of evidence support the 21,000 to 23,000-year age estimate of the footprints first described and dated in 2021. In 2021, scientific dating…
Findings add to a pattern of human burial and modification in the Iberian Peninsula. Caves served as sites for burial and later modification of human…
The University of Cordoba has participated in an international study documenting post-mortem bone modifications not linked to consumption. Many bone remains deposited in prehistoric caves…
The mystery of human migration during the Ice Age has long been a subject of debate among anthropologists: When and how did the flow of…
The rich soil holds thousands of tons of carbon, sequestered over centuries by indigenous practices, a new study suggests. The Amazon river basin is known…
Research from the University of Liverpool and Aberystwyth University reveals humans were constructing wooden structures 476,000 years ago at Kalambo Falls, Zambia. This discovery, dated…
Stone tools bear tell-tale markings of fiber technology dating back 39,000 years. Stone tools bear microscopic evidence of ancient plant technology, according to a study…
Research suggests that ‘downclimbing’ from trees played a pivotal role in early human evolution. The mobility in human shoulders and the flexibility of our elbows,…
A new genomic model indicates a significant bottleneck in human ancestor populations between 800,000 and 900,000 years ago, aligning with the era of the last…
Recent research indicates that grammatical complexity is not influenced by social surroundings. Languages globally exhibit significant variations in their grammatical nuances. Such differences can be…
Remembering the order of information is crucial when engaging in dialogues, organizing daily activities, or pursuing education. A recent study in the scientific journal PLOS…
A new method of inferring ancient population size has revealed a severe bottleneck in the human population which almost wiped out the chance for humanity…