Hunting of straight-tusked elephants was widespread among Neanderthals 125,000 years ago; the study has been published in PNAS
Evidence from the remains of 1918 flu pandemic victims contradicts long-held belief that healthy young adults were particularly vulnerable
Ancient Maya reservoirs, which used aquatic plants to filter and clean the water, “can serve as archetypes for natural, sustainable water systems to address future water needs”
Researchers have extracted the first ancient DNA from Caribbean parrots, which they compared with genetic sequences from modern birds
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
Mesoamerica a model for modern metropolises: a new study published on PNAS suggests clues to urban resiliency lie within ancient cities
Agriculture linked to changes in age-independent mortality in North America New study is first to tie patterns of age-independent human mortality to food…
Does the history of our languages match the history of our genes? A research shows a large number of matches, but also widespread mismatches
1,700-year-old spider monkey remains have been discovered in Teotihuacán, Mexico. The researchers found thousands of other items
A study, published in the journal PNAS, discovers a surprising relationship between the teeth and the evolution of pregnancy
