» Origins of cannabis smoking
» Diet at the docks: Living and dying at the port of ancient Rome
» Breakthrough in the discovery of DNA in ancient bones buried in water
» Trailblazing findings on the properties of daguerreotypes
» Ancient DNA from Roman and medieval grape seeds reveal ancestry of wine making
» Dramatic change in ancient nomad diets coincides with expansion of networks across Eurasia
» Scientists get a grip on sloth family tree
» DNA from 31,000-year-old milk teeth leads to discovery of new group of ancient Siberians
» Ancient DNA sheds light on Arctic hunter-gatherer migration to North America around 5,000 years ago
» Details of first historically recorded plague pandemic revealed by ancient genomes
» Snout dated: Slow-evolving elephant shark offers new insights into human physiology
» Oldest flaked stone tools point to the repeated invention of stone tools
» Ancient feces reveal parasites in 8,000-year-old village in Turkey
» Ancient DNA tells the story of the first herders and farmers in east Africa
» Declining fertility rates may explain Neanderthal extinction
» Early humans used northern migration routes to reach eastern Asia
» Research reveals the link between primate knuckles and hand use
» Exploring the origins of the apple
» Mites and ticks are close relatives, new research shows
» Spanish flu may have lingered two years before 1918 outbreak and vaccine could have treated it
» Cocktails with Cleopatra?
» High-quality jadeite tool discovered in underwater ancient salt works in Belize
» Farmers have less leisure time than hunter-gatherers
» Earliest evidence of the cooking and eating of starch
» Bedbugs evolved more than 100 million years ago
» Neanderthals and modern humans diverged at least 800,000 years ago, research on teeth shows
» Chewing gums reveal the oldest Scandinavian human DNA
» New data platform illuminates history of humans' environmental impact
» Uncovering a 5000-year-old family tragedy
» Ancient DNA suggests that some Northern Europeans got their languages from Siberia
» Abrupt climate change drove early South American population decline
» Statistical study finds it unlikely South African fossil species is ancestral to humans
» Freshwater mussel shells were material of choice for prehistoric craftsmen
» Origin of Sino-Tibetan language family revealed by new research
» First hominins on the Tibetan Plateau were Denisovans
» Human ancestors were 'grounded,' new analysis shows
» Details of the history of inner Eurasia revealed
» Modern analysis of ancient hearths reveals Neanderthal settlement patterns
» Human settlements in Amazonia much older than previously thought
» A history of the Crusades, as told by crusaders' DNA
» The secret to a stable society? A steady supply of beer doesn't hurt
» These beetles have successfully freeloaded for 100 million years
» Is one toe really better than three? How horse' legs evolved for travel rather than speed
» Megalith tombs were family graves in European Stone Age
» The history of humanity in your face
» New species of early human found in the Philippines
» Evolution from water to land led to better parenting
» Woolly mammoths and Neanderthals may have shared genetic traits
» Digging ancient signals out of modern human genomes
» Ancient, four-legged whale with otter-like features found along the coast of Peru
» Human history through tree rings: Trees in Amazonia reveal pre-colonial human disturbance
» Rise of religion pre-dates Incas at Lake Titicaca
» Researchers find ancient Maya farms in Mexican wetlands
» North Africans were among the first to colonize the Canary Islands
» New light on origins of modern humans
» First Anatolian farmers were local hunter-gatherers that adopted agriculture
» Hepatitis B virus sheds light on ancient human population movements into Australia
» Diet-induced changes favor innovation in speech sounds
» Unique diversity of the genetic history of the Iberian Peninsula revealed by dual studies
» Prehistoric Britons rack up food miles for feasts near Stonehenge