» 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
» What makes a mammal a mammal? Our spine, say scientists
» Oldest-known aquatic reptiles probably spent time on land
» International study suggest ancient globalization
» Wild animals were routinely captured and traded in ancient Mesoamerica
» A prehistoric thirst for craft beer
» Understanding 6th-century barbarian social organization and migration through paleogenomics
» DNA of early medieval Alemannic warriors and their entourage decoded
» Evidence of 7,200-year-old cheese-making found on the Dalmatian Coast
» Turtle shells served as symbolic musical instruments for indigenous cultures
» The gens isiaca in Hispania: Egyptian gods in Roman Spain
» Evolutionary origins of animal biodiversity
» Scientists identify protein that may have existed when life began
» Three previously unknown ancient primates identified
» Archaeological evidence for glass industry in ninth-century city of Samarra
» Neanderthal mother, Denisovan father! Hybrid fossil
» Enigmatic African fossils rewrite story of when lemurs got to Madagascar
» Massive monumental cemetery built by Eastern Africa's earliest herders discovered in Kenya
» A timescale for the origin and evolution of all of life on Earth
» DNA analysis of 6,500-year-old human remains with blue eye mutation
» Stone tools reveal modern human-like gripping capabilities 500,000 years ago
» Dating the ancient Minoan eruption of Thera using tree rings
» Origins and spread of Eurasian fruits traced to the ancient Silk Road
» How Neolithic people adapted to climate change
» Scarlet macaw DNA points to ancient breeding operation in Southwest
» Laziness helped lead to extinction of Homo erectus
» Prehistoric peopling in southeast Asia: Genomics of Jomon and other ancient skeletons
» Lost Norse of Greenland fueled the medieval ivory trade, ancient walrus DNA suggests
» Iron-silica particles unlock part of the mystery of Earth's oxygenation
» Rediscovering the sources of Egyptian metals
» Discovery of copper band shows Native Americans engaged in trade more extensively than thought
» Modern Flores Island pygmies show no genetic link to extinct 'hobbits'
» New light shed on the people who built Stonehenge
» New dinosaur found in the wrong place, at the wrong time
» 160-year-old mystery about the origin of skeletons solved
» Homo sapiens developed a new ecological niche that separated it from other hominins
» Extinct vegetarian cave bear diet mystery unravelled
» Archeological plant remains point to southwest Amazonia as crop domestication center