Islanders have long claimed ape-like humans, remarkably similar to the fossil species Homo floresiensis, survive in secluded forests of Indonesia.…
What a Cow’s Horn Reveals About Khoisan MedicineAn archaeologist explains what a 500-year-old horn container found in South Africa illuminates about precolonial Khoisan medical and spiritual knowledges.…
What Molars and Math Reveal About the Human BrainA paleoanthropologist explains what fossilized teeth—analyzed through a recently developed mathematical equation—can tell us about how brains have developed in…
How Ancient Humans Came to Cope With the ColdTwo anthropologists explain how humans managed to not just survive but dominate northern climates despite evolutionary origins in—and hence, biological…
Did Humanity Really Arise in One Place?New evidence is prompting researchers to rethink Homo sapiens’ origin story—and what it means to be human. ✽ As a…
What If Neanderthals Had Outlived Homo Sapiens?An anthropologist considers how different the world might be if Neanderthals—and hence, their ways of navigating relationships with the environment…
The Paleolithic Age Cooked Up Creative ChefsAn archaeologist explains how new evidence stands to change what we thought about how ice age humans prepared food. This…
Did Meat Do Neanderthals In?Studying zinc levels in unearthed Neanderthal skeletal remains, an archaeologist examines whether the carnivorous eating habits of Neanderthals in the…
How Diverse Was Medieval Britain?An archaeologist explains how studies of ancient DNA and objects reveal that expansive migrations led to much greater diversity in…
The Family Lives of the Last NeanderthalsTwo anthropologists explain a novel genetic analysis of ancient DNA and artifacts that suggests Neanderthals in Siberia lived in close-knit…
