Humans and Neanderthals Met and Mated 50,000 Years Ago in Negev Desert

A recent re-examination of artifacts collected from Israel’s central Negev desert has revealed important details about the development of human culture in the…

Computer Science Helps Explain Distribution of Hunter-Gatherer Groups

Using the way computers function as a source for analogy, a new study has discovered common patterns of social and cultural organization that…

Virtual Reality Tracks 75,000-Year-Old Footsteps of Sahul Explorers

Updated 8 February, 2023 - 13:58 ashley cowie Newly published and ground-breaking research has revealed previously unknown information about the populating of the…

In parts of Africa, people with albinism are hunted for their body parts.

The case of 18-year-old Moszy, who landed on a Spanish beach along with several other refugees from Africa, has raised awareness of the…

Ukraine’s Skulls Show Early Modern Humans Originated in the East

By Eva-Maria Geigl & Thierry Grange/The Conversation How did our species,  Homo sapiens , arrive in Western Europe? Published in  Nature Ecology &…

Perhaps as long as 24,000 years ago, the first Americans arrived by sea ice highway.

By Liza Lester/AGU One of the hottest debates in archaeology is how and when humans first arrived in North America. Archaeologists have traditionally…

Research Discovers Massive Unreported Migration Wave to Ancient Britain

Updated 22 December, 2021 - 16:06 Sahir The Bronze Age in Britain lasted from circa 2500 BC to 700 BC. Prehistoric Britain in…