Archaeology

Anthropology

Chilean desert cemetery tells tale of ancient trade specialists

Burial site holds clues to ancient trade brokers in Chilean desert.

Anthropology

Bones revive a 7,000-year-old massacre

Bones suggest Central Europe’s first farmers had an extremely violent streak.

Anthropology

Remains of Jamestown leaders discovered

Colonial-era graves reveal leading figures in founding of English America.

Anthropology

Modern-day trackers reinterpret Stone Age cave footprints

African trackers help researchers interpret ancient human footprints in French caves.

Archaeology

Bronze Age humans racked up travel miles

A new study indicates long journeys and unexpected genetic links in Bronze Age Eurasian cultures.

Humans

How Homo sapiens became world’s dominant species

'First Peoples' dispels old ideas about human evolution and tells an updated tale of how Homo sapiens came to dominate the world.

Archaeology

Earliest known stone tools unearthed in Kenya

East African discoveries suggest stone-tool making started at least 3.3 million years ago.

Astronomy

Wandering planets, the smell of rain and more reader feedback

Readers consider how hard it would be to fashion Paleolithic tools, discuss what to call free-floating worlds and more.

Anthropology

Pots from hunter-gatherer site in China tell tale of lifestyle shift

Chinese foragers settled down and made pottery shortly before farming’s ascent.

Anthropology

Ritual cannibalism occurred in England 14,700 years ago

Human bones show signs of ritual cannibalism in England 14,700 years ago.

Particle Physics

Particle hunting in space, life in the urban jungle and more reader feedback

Readers discuss wheat's journey to England, share stories about urban wildlife and more.

Anthropology

Beads suggest culture blocked farming in Northern Europe

Baltic hunter-gatherers blocked farming’s spread from south.