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 Dvorsky5/17/22 12:16PMComments (10)Save
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 Dvorsky3/22/22 4:05PMComments (1)Save
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 Dvorsky1/12/22 11:05AMComments (8)Save
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 Dvorsky12/01/21 4:29PMComments (5)Save
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 Dvorsky11/04/21 5:00PMComments (5)Save
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 Dvorsky10/28/21 2:00PMComments (7)Save
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 Schultz9/29/21 2:12PMComments (7)Save
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 Dvorsky9/28/21 3:58PMComments (15)Save
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 Timmons9/23/21 2:00PMComments (39)Save
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 Dvorsky9/23/21 1:10PMComments (6)Save
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 Dvorsky8/12/21 11:43AMComments (2)Save
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 Schultz7/24/21 9:00AMComments (21)Save
ScienceAnthropologyScienceAnthropologyBody Preserved in a Bog Since the Iron Age Still Contains Undigested Last MealDubbed "Tollund Man," the natural mummy offers a window into what life was like in Europe 2,400 years ago.ByGeorge Dvorsky7/22/21 1:10PMComments (74)Save
ScienceAnthropologyScienceAnthropology51,000-Year-Old Bone Carving Suggests Neanderthals Were True ArtistsThe rare bone carving was unearthed at a cave entrance in northern Germany.ByGeorge Dvorsky7/05/21 3:00PMComments (22)Save
ScienceAnthropologyScienceAnthropologyMove Over Neanderthals, Newly Discovered ‘Dragon Man’ Might Be Our True Sister SpeciesThe skull, hidden in a well for 85 years, only recently fell into the hands of scientists.ByGeorge Dvorsky6/25/21 11:00AMComments (34)Save
ScienceAnthropologyScienceAnthropologySurprising Human Remains From Israeli Quarry Complicate Our Evolutionary PictureResearchers say the hominin has traits similar to both Neanderthals and modern humans.ByIsaac Schultz6/24/21 3:36PMComments (24)Save
ScienceAnthropologyScienceAnthropologyPolynesians Discovered Antarctica Over 1,300 Years Ago, New Research SuggestsFor the Māori people of New Zealand, this is old news.ByGeorge Dvorsky6/10/21 11:55AMComments (10)Save
ScienceAnthropologyScienceAnthropologyIce Age Cave Bear With Hole in Its Skull May Have Been Stabbed by Ancient HumansA 35,000-year-old bear skull found in a Russian cave hints at a ritual killing.ByIsaac Schultz6/07/21 5:48PMComments (6)Save
ScienceAnthropologyScienceAnthropologyIncredible Fossil Skeleton Reveals an Ancient Human Relative Who Swung Through TreesSome 3.7 million years ago in what is now South Africa, a human relative straddled two evolutionary moments.ByIsaac Schultz4/21/21 11:35AMComments (6)Save
ScienceAnthropologyScienceAnthropologyDozens of Fossilized Neanderthal Footprints Found on a Beach in SpainThe fossils date to over 100,000 years ago, which may make them the oldest known Neanderthal prints.ByIsaac Schultz4/15/21 5:42PMComments (13)Save