Shepherds of the Earth is a film by award-winning Finnish director Iiris Härmä that tells a fascinating story about about the Cradle of Humankind, the struggle of nomadic peoples to survive
Central Asia identified as a key region for human ancestors: it was a key route for some of the earliest hominin migrations
An article published in Science shows the origins of donkey domestication Africa in 5,000 B.C.E, around the time when the Sahara became the desert region we know today
Prehistoric roots of ‘cold sore’ virus traced through ancient herpes DNA; a study has been published on Science Advances
When did the genetic variations that make us human emerge? A new study on the subject was published on Scientific Reports
Ice Age wolf DNA reveals dogs trace ancestry to two separate wolf populations; a new study has been published on Nature
The famous Sterkfontein Caves deposit is one million years older than previously thought; a new study is published on PNAS
Origins of the Black Death identified. Despite the pandemic’s immense demographic and societal impacts, its origins have long been elusive
‘Homo erectus’ from Gongwangling could have been the earliest population in China; a new study published on the Journal of Human Evolution
Denisovans, a sister species of modern human, inhabited Laos by 164-131,000 years with important implications for populations out of Africa and Australia
