Ancient DNA from Shimao reveals local origins, broad prehistoric connections, a patrilineal social structure, and…
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Human body size evolution was shaped by both gradual change and a major later growth…
Ancient genomes from northwest Europe show that farming, foraging, migration, and marriage shaped prehistory in…
New interpretations suggest that Neanderthal and Sapiens interactions were shaped by biology and social structure,…
An international research team from Germany, the UK, and Greece has found evidence that wooden…
New research is reshaping the timeline of one of the world’s most important prehistoric sites.…
New analysis of Neanderthal bones from Belgium indicates targeted cannibalism of outsiders that may signal…
Archaeologists at the University of Lancashire have uncovered new details about the identity of an…
Fossils dating back 773,000 years from Thomas Quarry I in Morocco shed new light on…
A single ancient jawbone is rewriting what scientists thought they knew about humanity’s forgotten relatives.…
New research indicates that humans shaped their environments through hunting and controlled use of fire…
Cryptotephra reveals Toba’s vast fallout while sites record human innovation instead of collapse. These patterns…
Fossils reveal extreme sexual dimorphism in early hominins. The findings reshape views of their social…
Ecological flexibility, not tools or genes, explains why only one migration out of Africa succeeded…
Remarkable new fossils from Swartkrans Cave reveal that a prehistoric relative of humans was also…
New study challenges the theory that Neanderthals originated after an evolutionary event that implied the…
Researchers examine evidence of manipulation of human remains from Maszycka Cave. An international research team,…
Lucy, an early human ancestor, could run upright but much slower than modern humans. New…