Anthropology

  1. Humans

    Bone may display oldest art in Americas

    A mammoth engraved on a fossil may date from at least 13,000 year ago.

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  2. Humans

    Site hints at Asian roots for human genus

    An early Homo species inhabited the Caucasus region 1.85 million years ago, casting doubt on its proposed African origin.

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  3. Humans

    No nuts for you, Nutcracker Man

    Tooth analysis shows huge-jawed hominid grazed on grasses and sedges.

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  4. Humans

    Most Neandertals were right-handers

    Right handedness, and perhaps spoken language, originated at least a half million years ago, a new study suggests.

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  5. Humans

    Humans

    Soothing loneliness with Facebook, plus mapping crowds and making a good first impression in this week’s news.

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  6. Humans

    Killing fields of ancient Syria revealed

    Stone corrals were used to trap whole herds of animals for mass slaughter.

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  7. Anthropology

    American Association of Physical Anthropologists

    Hobbit dentistry, ancient footprints and navigating gibbons in news from the recent physical anthropology meeting.

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  8. Humans

    Possibly pivotal human ancestor debated

    An ancient species that may have sparked the rise of humankind gets a new appraisal.

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  9. Humans

    Go east, ancient tool makers

    New finds put African hand ax makers in India as early as 1.5 million years ago.

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  10. Humans

    Humans

    A child’s remains reveal early North American life, plus ancient canines and convincing metaphors in this week’s news.

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  11. Humans

    Lucy’s feet were made for walking

    A 3.2-million-year-old toe fossil suggests a humanlike gait for an ancient hominid.

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  12. Humans

    Hints of earlier human exit from Africa

    New finds suggest surprisingly early migrations by Homo sapiens out of Africa through an oasis-studded Arabia.

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