To craft Oldowan tools, ancient human relatives at Nyayanga transported stones over long distances 600,000 years earlier than previously thought
Inkan commoners – not just elites – wove khipus, knot-based recordkeeping systems; the study is published in Science Advances
Extreme droughts did always not coincide with Mayan abandonment of sites, such as Chichén Itzá, according to a new study published in Science Advances
Farming did not lead to entrenched economic inequality in ancient Carpathian communities; the study published in Science Advances
Black Death offers window into how childhood malnutrition affects adult health, according to a new study published in Science Advances
Skull lesions in ancient forager-farmers likely indicate compromised immune systems, not infant-onset anemia; the study is published in Science Advances
Regional disparities in US media coverage of archaeology research; a new study published in Science Advances
Early modern humans at Blombos Cave in South Africa used ochre as a specialized tool for stone toolmaking during the Middle Stone Age
Ancient dugout canoe replica tests Paleolithic migration theory, and long-standing questions about migration of early modern humans in East Asia
Earliest evidence of humans in the Americas at New Mexico’s White Sands confirmed in new study published in Science Advances