Anthropology
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50,000-year-old DNA reveals the first-ever look at a Neanderthal family
By Kristina Killgrove published
A new genetic analysis of 50,000-year-old Neanderthal remains found in a Siberian cave reveals that these humans traveled in small, family-oriented groups.
The Shocking Truth About Married Girls
By Meredith F. Small last updated
Why does marriage at a young age bother us so much in Western culture?
Superhighway of ancient human and animal footprints in England provides an 'amazing snapshot of the past'
By Jennifer Nalewicki published
Erosion along a beach in England has revealed ancient human and animal footprints.
See lifelike facial reconstructions of a medieval Scottish woman, priest and bishop
By Jennifer Nalewicki published
Using forensic technology, researchers reanimate medieval skulls.
Neanderthals and Denisovans Lived (and Mated) in This Siberian Cave
By Laura Geggel last updated
The Neanderthals and Denisovans — both relatives of modern humans — were roommates, literally, for thousands of years in a remote Siberian cave, two new studies find.
Ancient tooth of mysterious Denisovan girl possibly found
By Charles Q. Choi last updated
Researchers in Laos have uncovered an ancient molar that may have belonged to a Denisovan girl who lived up to 164,000 years ago.
1,000 years ago, a woman was buried in a canoe on her way to the 'destination of souls'
By Tom Metcalfe published
A young woman buried in Patagonia up to 1,000 years ago was placed in a ceremonial canoe to represent her final journey into the land of the dead, according to a new study.
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