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Monkey Teeth Help Reveal Neanderthal Weaning
Most modern human mothers
wean their babies much
earlier than our closest
primate relatives. But what
about our extinct relatives,
the Neanderthals? A team of
... > full story
New Archaeological 'High Definition' Sourcing Sharpens Understanding of the Past
A new method of sourcing the
origins of artefacts in high
definition is set to improve
our understanding of the
past. ... > full story
Origins of Human Culture Linked to Rapid Climate Change
Rapid climate change during
the Middle Stone Age,
between 80,000 and 40,000
years ago, sparked surges in
cultural innovation in early
modern human populations,
... > full story
Oldest Fossil Hominin Ear Bones Ever Recovered: Discovery Could Yield Important Clues on Human Origins
Anthropologists could shed
new light on the earliest
existence of humans. The
study analyzed the tiny ear
bones, the malleus, incus
... > full story
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Earliest Archaeological Evidence of Human Ancestors Hunting and Scavenging
May 10, 2013 — A recent research study has shed new light on the diet and food acquisition strategies of some the earliest human ancestors in Africa. Beginning around two million years ago, early stone tool-making ... > full story -
Genes Show One Big European Family
May 7, 2013 — From Ireland to the Balkans, Europeans are basically one big family, closely related to one another for the past thousand years, according to a new study of the DNA of people from across the ... > full story -
New Excavations in Sweden Indicate Use of Fertilizers 5,000 Years Ago
April 26, 2013 — Researchers have spent many years studying the remains of a Stone Age community in Karleby outside the town of Falköping, Sweden. The researchers have for example tried to identify parts of the ... > full story -
Archeologists Unearth New Information on Origins of Maya Civilization
April 25, 2013 — A new study challenges the two prevailing theories on how the ancient Maya civilization began, suggesting its origins are more complex than previously thought. The findings are based on seven years ... > full story -
Ancient DNA Reveals Europe's Dynamic Genetic History
April 23, 2013 — Ancient DNA recovered from a series of skeletons in central Germany up to 7,500 years old has been used to reconstruct the first detailed genetic history of modern ... > full story -
Towards the Origin of America's First Settlers
April 17, 2013 — The international scientific community faces the exciting challenge of discovering the origin of America's first settlers. A new publication shapes some alternatives to the hypothesis of a single ... > full story -
New Light Shed on Ancient Egyptian Port and Ship Graveyard
April 7, 2013 — New research illuminates Thonis-Heracleion, a sunken port-city that served as the gateway to Egypt in the first millennium BC. This obligatory port of entry, known as 'Thonis' by the Egyptians and ... > full story -
Scientists Provide a More Accurate Age for the El Sidrón Cave Neanderthals
April 2, 2013 — A study has been able to accurately determine the age of the Neanderthal remains found in the El Sidrón cave (Asturias, Spain) for which previous studies had provided inexact measurements. The ... > full story -
First Migration from Africa Less Than 95,000 Years Ago: Ancient Hunter-Gatherer DNA Challenges Theory of Early out-of-Africa Migrations
March 22, 2013 — Recent measurements of the rate at which children show DNA changes not seen in their parents -- the "mutation rate" -- have challenged views about major dates in human evolution. In particular these ... > full story -
Stone Ships Show Signs of Maritime Network in Baltic Sea Region 3,000 Years Ago
March 21, 2013 — In the middle of the Bronze Age, around 1000 BC, the amount of metal objects increased dramatically in the Baltic Sea region. Around the same time, a new type of stone monument, arranged in the form ... > full story
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