A study published in the journal Science traces the evolution of the hepatitis B virus from prehistory to the present, revealing dissemination routes and changes in viral diversity
Homo sapiens “Linya” lived in the northeast of the Iberian Peninsula 14,000 years ago, at cave known as Cova Gran (Avellanes-Santa Linya, Noguera)
The economy of hunter gatherers in the Mediterranean coasts between the Pleistocene and Holocene included exploitation of marine environment
Bone circles made from the remains of dozens of mammoths have revealed clues about how ancient communities survived Europe’s ice age
An ancient population of Arctic hunter-gatherers, known as Paleo-Eskimos, made a significant genetic contribution to populations living in Arctic North America today
The first humans who settled in Scandinavia more than 10,000 years ago left their DNA behind in ancient chewing gums, which are masticated lumps made from birch bark pitch
Abrupt climate change some 8,000 years ago led to a dramatic decline in early South American populations, suggests new UCL research.
Humans settled in southwestern Amazonia and even experimented with agriculture much earlier than previously thought, according to an international team of researchers
The soil at the early Neolithic site of Aşıklı Höyük in Turkey offers a distinct signal for following the management of animals there
A new study reveals the consumption during the Upper Paleolithic of Portuguese crowberry (Corema album): the samples were found in Cova de les Cendres