Asians undertook humanity's longest known prehistoric migration

The Roman massacre that never happened

Stone Age Innovation: Bone Tool from Estonia May Be Prehistoric Multi-Tool, Study Finds

Wai Wai teachers in Brazil co-authored a school grammar written entirely in their native language

Human Evolution Traded Fur for Sweat Glands—and Now, Our Wounds Take Longer to Heal Than Those of Other Mammals

Archaeologists combine cutting edge research techniques to shed light on the treatment of individuals with disabilities in the late Middle Ages

World’s oldest fingerprint may be a clue that Neanderthals created art

Europe’s Oldest Spearhead Unearthed in Russia: Crafted by Neanderthals 80,000 Years Ago

Mummy mystery solved: 'air-dried' priest was embalmed via rectum

Study re-examines origins of Stonehenge and determines altar stone is from 466 miles away

Bite marks on York skeleton reveal first evidence of ‘gladiators’ fighting lions

Sophisticated pyrotechnology in the Ice Age: This is how humans made fire tens of thousands of years ago

Europes becoming pro-nuclear. Drivers of public support for nuclear energy in six EU countries after the energy crisis of 2022

Roman gladiator remains show first proof of human-animal combat

Loss of dance and infant-directed song among the Northern Aché. Study suggest dance and lullabies aren’t universal human behaviors.

An ancient yeast found clinging to pots at archaeological sites in Patagonia is the same strain used to brew lagers in Bavaria some 400 years later

Hunter-gatherers were crossing at least 100km of open water to reach the Mediterranean island of Malta 8,500 years ago

University of Michigan-led study suggests Homo sapiens used ochre sunscreen, tailored clothes, and caves to survive extreme solar radiation during a magnetic pole shift 41,000 years ago—advantages Neanderthals may have lacked

New research challenges long-standing views on the impact of the Black Death and how the population of Nottingham changed between the 14th and 16th centuries

A study (n=13,184) from Denmark, Finland, and Norway found that, while 71% of the participants support gender egalitarianism, 19% favor gender equality in public roles but support sex inequality in family roles

Fires in the Amazon forest may melt sea ice in Antarctica

Ancient jawbone from Taiwan belongs to a mysterious group of human ancestors, scientists say

New research sheds light on how prehistoric hunter-gatherer populations in Europe coped with climate changes over 12,000 years ago

Archaeologists perplexed by Bronze Age burial of sacrificed teenagers

Ancient DNA Shows Stone Age Europeans Voyaged by Sea to Africa

DNA points to mystery journey of hunters 8,500 years ago that crossed two continents

Linguistic capacity was present in the Homo sapiens population 135 thousand years ago

Purifying Istanbul: The Greek Revolution, Population Surveillance, and Non-Muslim Religious Authorities in the Early Nineteenth-Century Ottoman Empire

The tendency to view men as default "people" is well documented

Neanderthal and Homo sapiens interactions 100,000 years ago included cultural exchange

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