Anthropology
The Odyssey of the Stone Age Maltese
New research points to a seafaring people who ranged far and wide
Pre-Roman Necropolis Reveals Secrets of Iron Age Mediterranean Diets
Spoiler alert: The men ate more meat
The Warrior Life of Ancient Egyptian Princesses
These weren’t your traditional Disney princesses
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
