Two recent findings, indicate that modern humans may have arrived in mainland Southeast Asia far earlier than previously believed.
Category: Anthropology
How did adaptations to living in cold climates favor social evolution?
Scientists have found answers to how a species’ long-term adaptation to living in an extremely cold climate changes its social evolution.
Neanderthals produced synthetic material through underground distillation
The scientists matched several birch tar production processes to the chemical byproducts discovered on prehistoric Neanderthals implements.
Emergence of Homo sapiens in Africa
Our species first appeared in Africa more than 300,000 years ago.
300,000 year old human footprints found in Germany
Three fossil human footprints of Homo Heidelbergensis discovered among prehistoric elephant tracks at the Schöningen site in Lower Saxony.
Groundbreaking research on Neanderthal teeth
According to a recent study, strange bacteria discovered in Neanderthal teeth may one day help in the creation of novel medications.
Digesta, newly discovered food source of Ice Age people
Research at the University of Michigan has found that Ice Age food theories and models fail to take into account an important source of calories and carbohydrates.
Do you want to see the recreated face of an Egyptian man who lived 35,000 years ago?
The oldest known Homo sapiens skeleton in Egypt has been reconstructed by Brazilian researchers using a technique called photogrammetry.
Signs of tuberculosis adaptation discovered in ancient Andeans
Indigenous communities in modern-day Ecuador may have developed resistance to tuberculosis bacteria thousands of years before European settlers.
Oldest human genome of Spain unearthed
At one site near Granada in Spain, scientists discovered bones that contain the oldest human genome yet discovered in the area.