» An ancient strain of plague may have led to the decline of Neolithic Europeans
» Ideal marriage partners drive Waorani warriors to war
» Study puts the Neotropics on the map of the world's food production centers in antiquity
» New archaeological site revises human habitation timeline on Tibetan plateau
» Whales lost their teeth before evolving hair-like baleen in their mouths
» Stone tools linked to ancient human ancestors in Arabia have surprisingly recent date
» Oxygen could have been available to life as early as 3.5 billion years ago
» Prehistoric cave art suggests ancient use of complex astronomy
» First ancient DNA from mainland Finland reveals origins of Siberian ancestry in region
» Human ancestors not to blame for ancient mammal extinctions in Africa
» Evolution: South Africa's hominin record is a fair-weather friend
» The 'Swiss Army knife of prehistoric tools' found in Asia, suggests homegrown technology
» Late Miocene ape maxilla (upper jaw) discovered in western India
» Primates of the Caribbean: Ancient DNA reveals history of mystery monkey
» New light cast on fishing throughout history
» The whole tooth: New method to find biological sex from a single tooth
» The new face of South American people
» Experts find that stone tools connected communities
» Ancient DNA evidence reveals two unknown migrations from North to South America
» History of early settlement and survival in Andean highlands revealed by ancient genomes
» DNA of world's oldest natural mummy unlocks secrets of Ice Age tribes in the Americas
» Broad genome analysis shows yeasts evolving by subtraction
» Ancient child's tooth reveals picture of Alaska's early inhabitants
» Oldest evidence of dairying on the East Asian Steppe
» Saber-toothed cats with oral injuries ate softer foods
» Fern plant infusion keeps the doctor away in Medieval Europe
» How cancer-causing papillomaviruses evolved
» What happened in the past when the climate changed?
» Major corridor of Silk Road already home to high-mountain herders over 4,000 years ago
» Earliest recorded lead exposure in 250,000-year-old Neanderthal teeth
» Neanderthal ribcage reconstructed, offering new clues to ancient human anatomy
» Synthetic microorganisms allow scientists to study ancient evolutionary mysteries
» Interior northwest Nez Perce used tobacco long before European contact
» Earliest hominin migrations into the Arabian Peninsula required no novel adaptations
» Sweet discovery pushes back the origins of chocolate
» The good book: Bible helps researchers perfect translation algorithms
» Ancient enzymes the catalysts for new discoveries
» Ancient Andean genomes show distinct adaptations to farming and altitude
» Societies can remain distinct despite migration
» Parasites from medieval latrines unlock secrets of human history
» 'Vampire burial' reveals efforts to prevent child's return from grave
» Newly described fossils could help reveal why some dinos got so big
» City of Koh Ker was occupied for centuries longer than previously thought
» Reconstructing human history with the help of fecal sterols
» Statistical method recreates the history of a long-abandoned village
» Oldest fossil of a flying squirrel sheds new light on its evolutionary tree
» Drier, less predictable environment may have spurred human evolution
» Salt: Mover and shaker in ancient Maya society
» Broad genetic variation on the Pontic-Caspian Steppe
» Viruses influenced gene sharing between Neanderthals and humans
» Neanderthal healthcare practices crucial to survival
» Anthropologist rewrites history using science, art
» Teeth of Homo antecessor shed light on trends in Pleistocene hominin dental evolution
» Neanderthal-like features in 450,000-year-old fossil teeth from the Italian Peninsula
» 3,500-year-old pumpkin spice? Archaeologists find the earliest use of nutmeg as a food
» Cuisine of early farmers revealed by analysis of proteins in pottery from Çatalhöyük
» Eighth-century skeleton found at Torcello
» Ancient past of a body plan code probed
» Bacteria's 'password' for sporulation hasn't changed in 2.7 billion years
» Violence in pre-Columbian Panama exaggerated, new study shows