Homo erectus at the Olduvai Gorge adapted to extreme climatic conditions, challenging our preconceptions of the adaptability of the earliest hominins
Ancient DNA unlocks new understanding of migrations in the first millennium AD; a new study has been published in Nature
Chickens were widely raised across southern Central Asia from 400 BCE through medieval periods and likely dispersed along the ancient Silk Road
Stone tool technology suggest that the commonly held view of a ‘revolution’ at the time of the dispersal of modern humans in Eurasia was a more nuanced and complicated process of cultural evolution
Researchers find indications of a patrilineal descent system for western Eurasian Bell Beaker communities: family relationships that link Britain to Altwies ‘Op dem Boesch’, Luxembourg
Paleolithic humans may have understood the properties of rocks for making stone tools, as they preferred middle-grained flint over fine-grained flint
Pollen analysis suggests peopling of Siberia and Europe by modern humans occurred during a major Pleistocene warming spell
Early ancestral bottleneck in the early to middle Pleistocene could’ve spelled the end for humans, a study published on Science
A 3,800-year-old extended family from the “Nepluyevsky” kurgan; 32 individuals from the burial site in the southern Ural region show patrilineality and patrilocality
An extreme glacial cooling event around 1.1 million years ago challenges the idea of continuous early human occupation of Europe
