ScienceAnthropologyScienceAnthropologyLawyers Hate Legal Jargon, TooAn MIT study has found that lawyers can read legalese better than the average person, but that doesn't mean they…ByEd CaraPublishedMay 30, 2023Comments (12)
ScienceAnthropologyScienceAnthropologyPrehistoric Pathogens: Oldest Plague Cases in Britain Date to the Bronze Age4,000-year-old remains in Somerset and Cumbria carried the bacteria that causes plague.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedMay 30, 2023Comments (6)
ScienceAnthropologyScienceAnthropologyScientists Reveal Genomes of 356 Hunter-Gatherers Who Lived During Last Ice AgeSouthern Europe was apparently a climate refuge during the frigid millennia when these people lived.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedMarch 1, 2023Comments (3)
ScienceAnthropologyScienceAnthropology54,000-Year-Old Stone Points Are Oldest Signs of Bow and Arrow Use in EuropeArtifacts discovered in a rock shelter suggest Homo sapiens was launching stone projectiles in Europe 40,000 years…ByIsaac SchultzPublishedFebruary 22, 2023Comments (6)
ScienceAnthropologyScienceAnthropology2.9-Million-Year-Old Artifacts Suggest Ancient, Big-Toothed Hominin Made Stone ToolsTwo hippo butchery sites and the largest hominin tooth ever found may change the story of the ‘Oldowan toolkit.’ByIsaac SchultzPublishedFebruary 9, 2023Comments (14)
ScienceAnthropologyScienceAnthropologyNeanderthal and Denisovan DNA Discovered in Ancient South AmericansTwo archaeological sites in Brazil are revealing the genetic ancestry of some of the continent’s earliest humans.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedNovember 3, 2022Comments (16)
ScienceAnthropologyScienceAnthropologyRemains of Neanderthal Family Found in Siberian CaveA genetic analysis of bones and teeth revealed kinship between a group of Neanderthals.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedOctober 21, 2022Comments (12)
ScienceAnthropologyScienceAnthropologySweeping Genetic Study of Ancient Eurasians Reveals Thousands of Years of HistoryThree new papers detail the population genetics of Eurasian people spanning over 10,000 years.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedAugust 26, 2022Comments (18)
ScienceAnthropologyScienceAnthropology150,000-Year-Old Human Tooth Is Rare Evidence of the Extinct DenisovansThe new fossil suggests the Denisovans—a lost human species—could live in a wide range of habitats.ByGeorge DvorskyPublishedMay 17, 2022Comments (10)
ScienceAnthropologyScienceAnthropologyStone Age Anatolians Dug Up Their Dead and Painted the BonesThe complex funerary rituals of the 9,000 year-old city of Çatalhöyük are revealed in a new study.ByGeorge DvorskyPublishedMarch 22, 2022Comments (1)
ScienceAnthropologyScienceAnthropologyOldest Known Fossil of a Modern Human May Be Even More Ancient Than We ThoughtThe revised estimate, based on nearby volcanic ash, fits in nicely with most models of modern human evolution.ByGeorge DvorskyPublishedJanuary 12, 2022Comments (8)
ScienceAnthropologyScienceAnthropologySiberian Cave Yields Oldest Fossils Belonging to Enigmatic Human SpeciesA batch of archaeological evidence is now the first to be confidently linked to the extinct Denisovans.ByGeorge DvorskyPublishedDecember 1, 2021Comments (5)
ScienceAnthropologyScienceAnthropologyChild Skull of Enigmatic Ancient Human Found in South African CaveScientists are struggling to understand how the 250,000-year-old fossil ended up in such a remote, hard-to-reach…ByGeorge DvorskyPublishedNovember 4, 2021Comments (5)
ScienceAnthropologyScienceAnthropologyHumanity's Ancestor Could Get a New Name: 'Homo Bodoensis'Only time will tell if the new name will gain traction in the scientific community and if the reassigning of old…ByGeorge DvorskyPublishedOctober 28, 2021Comments (7)
ScienceAnthropologyScienceAnthropologyIce Age Human Jawbone Found on Indonesian Island Known for Ancient Cave ArtSulawesi island has yielded many clues to our distant past, and now archaeologists can add a Pleistocene Homo sapiens…ByIsaac SchultzPublishedSeptember 29, 2021Comments (7)
ScienceAnthropologyScienceAnthropologyHidden Chamber Uncovered at Famous Gibraltar Cave That Sheltered NeanderthalsThe 42-foot chamber has been sealed off for 40,000 years. Researchers have already found bones and scratch marks…ByGeorge DvorskyPublishedSeptember 28, 2021Comments (15)
ScienceAnthropologyScienceAnthropologyFootprints Suggest Humans Migrated Deep Into North America Earlier Than Previously KnownFossilized human footprints in New Mexico appear to be up to 23,000 years old, left behind by teenagers and young…ByJeanne TimmonsPublishedSeptember 23, 2021Comments (41)
ScienceAnthropologyScienceAnthropologyLike Neanderthals, Early Humans Endured a Frigid EuropeEvidence from a Bulgarian cave suggests early humans in southeast Europe faced subarctic conditions for thousands of…ByGeorge DvorskyPublishedSeptember 23, 2021Comments (6)
ScienceAnthropologyScienceAnthropologyScientists Have Discovered a Hotspot of Denisovan AncestorsThe new research suggests Denisovans—a sister group to the Neanderthals—occupied the islands of southeast Asia prior…ByGeorge DvorskyPublishedAugust 12, 2021Comments (2)
ScienceAnthropologyScienceAnthropologyHow Do We Know What Neanderthals Looked Like?Ongoing research has given us a more nuanced portrait of our extinct relatives, barrel chests and all.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedJuly 24, 2021Comments (22)