Anthropology
Early Americans Pioneered the Keto Diet
Until, that is, large mammal extinctions forced them to diversify their meals
Modern Humans and Neanderthals May Have Shared a Cave-Dwelling Culture
A cave in southern Türkiye is spilling its ancient secrets
The Emergence of a Deadly Hunting Technology in Prehistoric North America
The atlatl is handy enough to re-invent across cultures
Human Ancestors Were Using Fire Earlier Than Previously Thought
Early hominins seemingly first tamed a flame 1.8 million years ago
Mummified Peruvian Hairless Dogs Shed Light on Ancient Companionship
These dogs have been living alongside humans for millennia
What Mummies Read Before a Long Nap
Archaeologists have recovered a scrap of the Iliad in the belly of an interred Egyptian
Ancient People Traded Live Parrots Across South America for Thousands of Years
Polly has been wanting a cracker for millenia
60,000-Year-Old Ostrich Eggshells Depict Ancient Human Thoughts
Homo sapiens were grooving on geometry in the Stone Age
Mass Grave of Women and Children Shows Brutality of Iron Age Culture
This recent archaeological find tells a chilling story
The Poison-Arrow Technology of Our Hunter-Gatherer Ancestors
Tipping their arrowheads with poison may have tipped the survival odds in their favor
Did Humans or Climate Push the Neanderthals Over the Edge?
A new model of what went down in one of the Neanderthals’ last holdouts
How Christianity Redrew Ancient Nubian Tattoos
Markings on remains unearthed from modern-day Sudan suggest that the religion’s rise influenced the design and application of body ink
