New evidence also shows extra mixing between Papuans and one of the two Denisovan groups, suggesting that this group actually lived in New Guinea or its adjacent islands
A new study, published in PNAS, discovered kin relationships among Stone Age individuals buried in megalith tombs on Ireland and in Sweden
The University and State Library of Bonn (ULB) is celebrating the return of more than 600 volumes that had disappeared during the immediate post-war period
A new study reveals the consumption during the Upper Paleolithic of Portuguese crowberry (Corema album): the samples were found in Cova de les Cendres
During the Great Depression, some unemployed Texans were put to work as fossil hunters. The fauna from the fossils make up a veritable “Texas Serengeti”
For the first time, a team of scholars and archaeologists has recorded and interpreted Cherokee inscriptions in Manitou Cave, Alabama
An international team has revealed the first example of Palaeolithic figurative cave art found in the Balkans, at the Romualdova Pećina site
The remains of a new species of human has been uncovered in the Philippines: the species, Homo luzonensis, is named after Luzon Island
An exceptionally-preserved fossil from Herefordshire in the UK has given new insights into the early evolution of sea cucumbers: the Sollasina Cthulhu
It’s been a towering landmark in the world of English literature for more than two centuries, but Beowulf is still the subject of fierce academic debate