Anthropology

  1. Archaeology

    Sharp stones found in India signal surprisingly early toolmaking advances

    Toolmaking revolution reached what’s now India before Homo sapiens did, a new study suggests.

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  2. Anthropology

    An ancient jaw pushes humans’ African departure back in time

    If an ancient jaw found in an Israeli cave belongs to Homo sapiens, the humans left Africa tens of thousands of years earlier than we thought.

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  3. Anthropology

    Human brains rounded into shape over 200,000 years or more

    Ancient humans’ brains slowly but surely became round, scientists say.

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  4. Anthropology

    ‘First Face of America’ explores how humans reached the New World

    New documentary shows how an ancient teen and an infant have illuminated scientists’ understanding of the peopling of the Americas.

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  5. Anthropology

    Hunter-gatherer lifestyle could help explain superior ability to ID smells

    Hunter-gatherers in the forests of the Malay Peninsula prove more adept at naming smells than their rice-farming neighbors, possibly because of their foraging culture.

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  6. Anthropology

    DNA solves the mystery of how these mummies were related

    Two ancient Egyptian mummies known as the Two Brothers had the same mother, but different dads.

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  7. Anthropology

    ‘Laid-back’ bonobos take a shine to belligerents

    Unlike people, these apes gravitate toward those who are unhelpful.

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  8. Physics

    These 2017 discoveries could be big news, if they turn out to be true

    Some findings reported in 2017 are potentially big news, if they hold up to additional scientific scrutiny.

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  9. Anthropology

    Strong-armed women helped power Europe’s ancient farming revolution

    Intensive manual labor gave ancient farm women arms that female rowers today would envy.

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  10. Archaeology

    How Asian nomadic herders built new Bronze Age cultures

    Ancient steppe herders traveled into Europe and Asia, leaving their molecular mark and building Bronze Age cultures.

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  11. Anthropology

    Ancient European farmers and foragers hooked up big time

    Interbreeding escalated in regionally distinct ways across Neolithic Europe.

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  12. Anthropology

    Crocs take a bite out of claims of ancient stone-tool use

    Reptiles with big bites complicate claims of Stone Age butchery.

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