Anthropology

  1. Anthropology

    Cremated remains reveal hints of who is buried at Stonehenge

    Ancient stone monument held burials of people from more than 200 kilometers away, a new study suggests.

    By Bruce Bower
  2. Anthropology

    Conflict reigns over the history and origins of money

    Thousands of years ago, money took different forms as a means of debt payment, archaeologists and anthropologists say.

    By Bruce Bower
  3. Anthropology

    How an ancient stone money system works like cryptocurrency

    Money has ancient and mysterious pedigrees that go way beyond coins.

    By Bruce Bower
  4. Earth

    You’re living in a new geologic age. It’s called the Meghalayan

    The newly defined Meghalayan Age began at the same time as a global, climate-driven event that led to human upheavals.

    By Beth Geiger
  5. Genetics

    North America’s earliest dogs came from Siberia

    North America’s first dogs have few descendants alive today, a study of ancient DNA suggests.

    By Bruce Bower
  6. Anthropology

    Foot fossil pegs hominid kids as upright walkers 3.3 million years ago

    A foot from an ancient hominid child suggests that Lucy’s species, Australopithecus afarensis, walked early in life.

    By Bruce Bower
  7. Archaeology

    Mongolians practiced horse dentistry as early as 3,200 years ago

    Horse dentistry got an early start among Bronze Age Mongolian herders.

    By Bruce Bower
  8. Anthropology

    Koko the gorilla is gone, but she left a legacy

    An ape that touched millions imparted some hard lessons about primate research.

    By Bruce Bower
  9. Anthropology

    A 2,200-year-old Chinese tomb held a new gibbon species, now extinct

    Researchers have discovered a new gibbon species in an ancient royal Chinese tomb. It's already extinct.

    By Bruce Bower
  10. Archaeology

    This theory suggests few workers were needed to cap Easter Island statues

    A small workforce may have put huge stones on the heads of Easter Island statues.

    By Bruce Bower
  11. Climate

    The first Americans could have taken a coastal route into the New World

    Alaskan glaciers retreated in time for ancient coastal entries of the first Americans.

    By Bruce Bower
  12. Animals

    Pregnant bonobos get a little delivery help from their friends

    As in humans, female bonobos become helpers for mothers giving birth, data from captive apes suggest.

    By Bruce Bower