How did Lucy walk? Although the famous 3.2-million-year-old skeleton shows that she was undoubtedly an upright walker, our incomplete knowledge…
About 30 million or so people have had their DNA sequenced in the 20 years after the first human genome…
A group of American researchers have found evidence that genes derived from Neanderthals helped ancient people adapt to a new…
The Southern Caspian Corridor may have been a human hotspot. The southern shore of the Caspian Sea may have provided…
Neandertals were skilled hunters. Many archaeological sites show their ability to kill large mammals like bison, horse, and red deer.…
Analysis of dental cementum is yielding new insights into the ages when ancient people faced significant physiological stresses. Reconstruction of…
The discovery of a chimp group's 390-word "language" has profound implications for the evolution of human speech Three chimpanzees sitting…
The current excavation season aims to unearth the many land-use patterns within the limits of the seven mounds at Rakhigarhi…
Waqf boards are the third largest landowners in India, after Armed Forces and Railways. But India's Muslim community is still…
800 years before Babur, Hindu gods were worshipped by merchant diasporas in Central Asia. Wall Paintings in the Palace at…