Latest about anthropology
Facial reconstructions help the past come alive. But are they accurate?
DNA analysis is changing the science of facial reconstructions and making them more lifelike than ever before.
Unknown 'anatomically modern human lineage' discovered from 40,000-year-old hip bone
Fossil found in France is not quite modern human and not quite Neanderthal.
Strange, 300,000-year-old jawbone unearthed in China may come from vanished human lineage
Fragments of a jaw bone unearthed in China have a mosaic of features that are present in both modern and archaic humans, making it difficult to place on the human evolutionary tree.
Humans were in South America at least 25,000 years ago, giant sloth bone pendants reveal
Humans were living in Brazil earlier than previously thought, prehistoric sloth-bone pendants suggest.
Mystery Stone Age holes in England have archaeologists asking, 'What were these pits for?'
Archaeologists in England have found up to 25 large pits dotting the countryside, but their purpose remains a mystery.
Lost Maya city discovered deep in the jungles of Mexico
Archaeologists discovered a lost Maya city hidden in the jungles of Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula.
See the face of 'Ava,' a Bronze Age woman who lived in Scotland 3,800 years ago
Researchers created a 3D image of a Bronze Age woman who was likely part of Europe’s “Bell Beaker” culture.
Men hunt and women gather? Large analysis says the long-held idea is flat-out wrong
Scientists studying hunter-gatherer societies around the world discovered the stereotypes that men were hunters and women were gatherers was wrong.
