Mapping Human and Neanderthal Genomes
The Human Genome Project first published the modern human genome 20 years ago, and the Neanderthal genome was sequenced a little more than a decade ago. What do these maps mean for our understanding of humanity?
Hominins
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Climate Change May Have Been a Major Driver of Ancient Hominin Extinctions
A new study suggests at least two close relatives of Homo sapiens may have died out as their environments changed.
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Ancient Humans Used Fire to Make Stone Tools
A new study, borrowing techniques from artificial intelligence research, suggests hominins in the eastern Mediterranean used heat from fire in manufacturing flint blades. -
Imagining the Neanderthal’s World
In Kindred, an archaeologist urges readers to rethink a long-maligned member of humanity’s family tree.
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A Spark of Insight Into Neanderthal Behavior
Not just for trampoline jumpers and sweater wearers, static electricity is helping archaeologists illuminate the behavior of our ancient cousins.
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How Elders Make Us Human
An anthropologist responds to the suggestion that older people sacrifice themselves for the sake of the economy in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.