Anthropology

  1. Anthropology

    Koko the gorilla is gone, but she left a legacy

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

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  2. 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.

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  3. 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.

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  4. 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.

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  5. 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.

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  6. Anthropology

    Ancient Chinese farmers sowed literal seeds of change in Southeast Asia

    Two waves of ancient migration from China to Southeast Asia spread farming and languages.

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  7. Anthropology

    Butchered rhino bones place hominids in the Philippines 700,000 years ago

    Stone tools and butchery marks point to an ancient hominid presence on islands in the Philippines.

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  8. Anthropology

    Anthropologists in Peru have unearthed the largest known child sacrifice

    The largest known mass sacrifice of children occurred around 550 years ago in the Chimú empire in Peru.

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  9. Anthropology

    A hole in an ancient cow’s skull could have been surgery practice

    Before performing skull operations on people, ancient surgeons may have rehearsed on cows.

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  10. Genetics

    Sweet potatoes might have arrived in Polynesia long before humans

    Genetic analysis suggests that sweet potatoes were present in Polynesia over 100,000 years ago, and didn’t need help crossing the Pacific.

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  11. Anthropology

    Finger fossil puts people in Arabia at least 86,000 years ago

    A desert discovery suggests that Arabia was an ancient human destination.

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  12. Anthropology

    Ardi walked the walk 4.4 million years ago

    Ancient hominid evolved upright stance without sacrificing climbing ability.

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