A restitution effort in South Africa illustrates the challenges to scientists, policymakers, and living descendants as they navigate the complex repercussions of genetic analysis for unethically obtained human remains.
One anthropologist contends that far too many species have been lumped into one category: Our story is more complicated, he argues.
More and more archaeological finds reveal a complex picture of how and when people first arrived in North America.
New research on Indigenous language groups in British Columbia shows a relationship between geographical patterns in genetic variation in grizzly bears and words used to identify these bear populations.
Skeletal evidence shows Britain's ancient Anglo-Saxon society as more genetically diverse than once thought. Language and culture served as a social glue, archaeologists argue, not ancestry.
An international team of archaeologists has uncovered ancient remains that add new dimensions to the story of human evolution.
