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 current excavation season aims to unearth the many land-use patterns within the limits of the seven mounds at Rakhigarhi…
800 years before Babur, Hindu gods were worshipped by merchant diasporas in Central Asia. Wall Paintings in the Palace at…
The close relationship between dogs and the people of Burzahom is depicted in the engraving on a stone slab at…
Reconstruction of a hunter-gatherer associated with the Gravettian culture (32,000-24,000 years ago). (Tom Bjoerklund) Hunter-gatherers took shelter from the ice age…
Accidentally produced stone fragments made by macaques resemble some of the earliest hominin stone artifacts. Researchers from the Max Planck…