Grisly Remains of First Farmers in Atacama Desert Reveal Brutal Challenges of Living in Driest Place on Earth

Medicine & Technology Aug 31, 2021

Farming in the Atacama Desert, the driest nonpolar desert in the world, is not easy, evident in the grisly remains of the first farmers dated roughly 3,000 years ago.

Eurasian Cave Lion Discovered in Siberia, A 28,000-Year-Old Cub Believed To Be the Best Preserved Ice Age Animal Ever Found

Aug 05, 2021

Two mummified cubs, including a Eurasian cave lion, found respectively in 2017 and 2018 were initially believed to be siblings. However, a new study shows they differ in age, approximately by 15,000 years.

Do Neanderthals Recognize Art? European Cave Found with Stone Age Paintings, Possible Art Activity of Early Humans

Aug 03, 2021

New evidence about the Neanderthal's lifestyle has been unearthed in the Cave of Ardales, located in southern Spain.

Experts Analyzed Genomes of Early Caucasian Human Without Using Skeletal Remains

Jul 13, 2021

The cave of Satsurblia gave a rare opportunity for anthropology experts to have a glimpse of the early Caucasian human from the ice age.

Ancient Humans Had Bigger Bodies to Combat the Cold; Will Changing Climate Shrink Present Humans?

Jul 09, 2021

Experts found strong evidence of the correlation between the prehistoric climate and the large bodies of early humans.

Ancient Americans’ Mummified Birds Puzzles Anthropologists

Mar 30, 2021

Mummified birds found in the Andes region in South America remain a mystery to anthropologists.

Human Footprints From 120,000 Years Ago Discovered in the Arabian Peninsula

Sep 18, 2020

Scientists believe that humans stopped in the lake in Saudi Arabia where they found human footprints dating back 120,000 years ago.

Hair DNA Links 50,000 Years of Pre-Continental Drift Australian Aboriginal Settlement

Mar 10, 2017

Academe-backed Aboriginal Heritage Project revealed a staggering conclusion - Aboriginal communities exist and continually thrives for 50,000 years in the Australian continent.

Out of Africa, By Way of Egypt: New Genetic Data Points to Egyptian Route for Original Human Migration

May 29, 2015

Scientists may be one step closer to tracing the exodus of modern humans out of Africa. New genetic evidence points to a northern route leading out of the continent, which may just settle a long-disputed question concerning human migrations.

Ancient Skull Shows Signs of Lethal Combat

May 28, 2015

Scientists have discovered what may prove to be the oldest example of intentional violence among humans. In fact, the individual who died of apparent head wounds over 430,000 years ago is not exactly "human," but one of our close cousins, a Neanderthal. And what his skull may prove is that violence predates the rise of modern humans.

Oldest Stone Tools Discovered in Kenya, Pushing the Technology Back Some 700,000 Years

May 20, 2015

The ancient stone tool industry of our early ancestors was just pushed deeper back in time, based on recent findings near the western shore of Lake Turkana in Kenya. Tools dating to over 3 million years ago - some 700,000 years earlier than previous finds - indicate the technology arose even before the genus Homo roamed the planet.

He Said, She Said: Actually, Both Say, When it Comes to Where Hunter-Gatherers Live

May 15, 2015

In an attempt to understand the social dynamics among our hunter-gatherer ancestors, anthropologists sometimes begin in the present and work backwards. And what the researchers at University College London have found adds another dimension to the unique social structure of hunter-gatherer society.

Self-Mummified Monk Found in 1000-Year-Old Buddha Statue

Feb 23, 2015

Though the studies of space and the seas reveal many unknowns, the most interesting field of science may perhaps be the study of us—humans. Anthropologists and archaeologists excavate remains and remnants deep within the soils of our past, only to reveal what makes humans unique unto themselves. And in this quest for knowledge, researchers have often come to find that while tales of kings and ancient pharaohs may satiate the public, it’s the stories of religion and artifacts that really create the big picture.

Ancient Man May Have Been More Tactile Than We Thought—Stone-Age Brains & Modern-Day Hands

Jan 23, 2015

Anthropologists now believe that some of the earliest human ancestors who lived 3.2 million years ago had hand structures much like our own and were able to grasp and use tools, even if they had not invented them yet.

Researchers in Scottland Find Remnants of Nessy’s Relatives—Or So It Seems

Jan 20, 2015

While tales of the cryptid, the Loch Ness monster more colloquially known as Nessy, have gone largely unsubstantiated in the past, archaeologists in Scotland believe that they may now have found creature that fits the bill. The only problem is, that the dolphin-like marine reptile which grew to lengths of up to 14 feet went extinct nearly 170 million years ago.