Drinking vessels found in Bronze and Iron Age children's graves contained proteins from animal milk
The Indus Valley Civilization flourished alongside Mesopotamia and Egypt, but the early society remains shrouded in mystery
As temperatures rise and ice melts, Norse and Inuit artifacts and human remains decompose more rapidly
The cranium of a male <i>Australopithecus anamensis</i>, a close relative of Lucy, provides clues about one of the earliest hominins to walk on two legs
A remnant from a meal long gone, the find in British Columbia could give the region's indigenous communities an important legal claim
Stone figures with magnetized cheeks and navels suggest the pre-Maya civilization of Monte Alto understood the attractive force
A team of scientists sequenced genomes from people who lived in a port city on the Mediterranean coast of Israel between the 12th and 8th centuries B.C.
Two studies greatly increase the amount of information we have about the peoples who first populated North America—from the Arctic to the Southwest U.S.
A new book explores how racist biases continue to maintain a foothold in research today
Some of the oldest known Neanderthal remains include teeth that could push back the split with modern human lineages, but not all scientists are convinced
As early as 10,000 years ago, humans created settlements on elevated forest mounds in parts of southwestern Amazonia
Artifacts including gold medallions and sacrificial llama bones reveal the ritual pilgrimages taken around Lake Titicaca
New evidence pushes back the date for human settlement in jungles, challenging the idea that our ancestors preferred the savannas and plains
As our ancestors began eating softer agricultural foods, the shape of the human jaw and the sounds we make may have changed as well
While women scientists were frequently "acknowledged programmers" in population genetics research, few of them received full authorship
French writers such as Voltaire and Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle helped shape the Enlightenment with stories of science
The ancient burial structures, strikingly similar all across Europe and the mediterranean, have puzzled scientists and historians for centuries
The genetic footprint of a "ghost population" may match that of a Neanderthal and Denisovan hybrid fossil found in Siberia
Accidental experiments and chance encounters helped Enrico Fermi produce the first nuclear reactor
Though she laid bare the false claim of women's intellectual inferiority, Alice Lee failed to apply the same logic to race
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