Should the Story of Homo’s Dispersal Out of Africa Be Rewritten?
A new finding suggests hominins left the African continent at least 500,000 years earlier than previously thought.
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Case Closed: You Can’t Make a Knife Out of Frozen Poop
Testing out a tale from the Arctic, one archaeologist takes matters into his own hands.
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Scientists Find First Evidence of Humans Cooking Starches
More than 100 millennia ago, people were roasting tubers over the fire, a culinary practice that fueled their bodies and may have aided their migrations.
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Genetic Factors May Help Explain Athletic Sudden Death
Biological anthropologists and other researchers investigate why there is a diversity of symptoms and outcomes in people with sickle cell trait.
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The Sacrificial Puppies of the Shang Dynasty
A new study suggests young dogs were frequently buried with humans in China some 3,000 years ago, but the precise reasons remain elusive.
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New Hominin Shakes the Family Tree—Again
What does the discovery of Homo luzonensis mean for our understanding of humanity’s history?