» 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
» Bats harbor a gene swiped from an ancient Ebola-like virus -- here's how they may use it
» Evidence of Salmonella Paratyphi C found for the first time in medieval northern Europe
» Living plant varieties reveal ancient migration routes across Eurasia
» Faulty science and ethics cited in DNA analyzes of Atacama mummy
» Old Theban port of Chalcis: A medieval maritime crossroads in Greece
» Concentrated wealth in agricultural populations may account for the decline of polygyny
» Research on British teeth unlocks potential for new insights into ancient diets
» The origins of pottery linked with intensified fishing in the post-glacial period
» 5,300-year-old Iceman's last meal reveals remarkably high-fat diet
» Mystery of the Basel papyrus solved
» Humans did not stem from a single ancestral population in one region of Africa
» Eating bone marrow played a key role in the evolution of the human hand
» Mosaics provide clues on life in an ancient Galilean Jewish village
» The best radiocarbon-dated site in all recent Iberian prehistory
» Ancient DNA testing solves 100-year-old controversy in Southeast Asian prehistory
» Ancient genome analyses reveal mosaic pattern of goat domestication thousands of years ago
» First dogs in the Americas arrived from Siberia, disappeared after European contact
» Oxygen loss in the coastal Baltic Sea is 'unprecedentedly severe'
» Our human ancestors walked on two feet but their children still had a backup plan
» New study questions when the brown bear became extinct in Britain
» Ancestral people of Chaco Canyon likely grew their own food
» Oldest evidence of horse veterinary care discovered in Mongolia
» Neanderthals practiced close-range hunting 120,000 years ago