» An ancient snake's cheekbone sheds light on evolution of modern snake skulls
» Not so selfish after all -- Key role of transposable elements in mammalian evolution
» Lichens are way younger than scientists thought
» DNA data offers scientific look at 500 years of extramarital sex in Western Europe
» Extinct giant ape directly linked to the living orangutan
» Scientists explore Egyptian mummy bones with X-rays and infrared light
» 'Ghost' footprints from Pleistocene era revealed by radar tech
» First adult molars are 'living fossils' that hold a 'health record' dating back to the womb
» Fossil suggests apes, old world monkeys moved in opposite directions from shared ancestor
» Researchers lay out first genetic history of Rome
» Neanderthal extinction linked to human diseases
» How Human Population came from our ability to cooperate
» Humans migrated from Europe to the Levant 40,000 years ago
» City apartments or jungle huts: What chemicals and microbes lurk inside?
» Ornament with eagle talons from Neanderthal Period
» Ancient rhinos roamed the Yukon
» Red algae thrive despite ancestor's massive loss of genes
» The homeland of modern humans
» New study on early human fire acquisition squelches debate
» Strong winter dust storms may have caused the collapse of the Akkadian Empire
» Heuneburg early Celts across classes may have drunk Mediterranean wine in local ceramics
» Researchers identify the sex of skeletons based on elbow features
» Lead pollution from Native Americans attributed to crushing galena for glitter paint
» Archaeologists uncover 2,000-year-old street in Jerusalem built by Pontius Pilate
» Lifestyle is a threat to gut bacteria: Ötzi proves it, study shows
» Newly discovered microbes band together, 'flip out'
» A secret in saliva: Food and germs helped humans evolve into unique member of great apes
» Scientists find early humans moved through Mediterranean earlier than believed
» How human brain development diverged from that of great apes
» The brain does not follow the head
» Belongings of warrior found on unique Bronze Age battlefield site
» Study 'cures' oldest case of deafness in human evolution
» Archaeology: Social inequality in Bronze Age households
» DNA study sheds new light on the people of the Neolithic battle axe culture
» Early humans evolved in ecosystems unlike any found today
» Early hunter-gatherers interacted much sooner than previously believed
» Oldest miniaturized stone toolkits in Eurasia
» Microscopic evidence sheds light on the disappearance of the world's largest mammals
» Ancient genomes provide insight into the genetic history of the second plague pandemic
» 250-million-year-old evolutionary remnants seen in muscles of human embryos
» Aristocratic family trees became scientific model
» Preserving old bones with modern technology
» Music is essential for the transmission of ethnobiological knowledge
» Dishing the dirt on an early man cave
» Tripolye 'mega-structures' were ancient community centers
» First evidence for early baby bottles used to feed animal milk to prehistoric babies
» Traditional fisherfolk help uncover ancient fish preservation methods
» Anthropologist contributes to major study of large animal extinction
» Long lost human relative unveiled
» Did a common childhood illness take down the Neanderthals?
» Inequality: What we've learned from the 'Robots of the late Neolithic'
» Rare 10 million-year-old fossil unearths new view of human evolution
» Researchers mix RNA and DNA to study how life's process began billions of years ago
» Carp aquaculture in Neolithic China dating back 8,000 years
» Extinction of Icelandic walrus coincides with Norse settlement
» Reconstructing the evolution of all species
» Earliest evidence of milk consumption found in teeth of prehistoric British farmers
» Major fortress-settlement in Armenian Highlands excavated
» Teeth offer vital clues about diet during the Great Irish Famine
» Dead Sea Scrolls: How to make a book last for millennia