First case of Down syndrome in Neandertals documented in new study: research reveals that Neandertals showed care and support for the child
Study challenges popular idea that people in Rapa Nui committed ‘ecocide’: inhabitants found Ingenious ways to adapt to a harsh environment
Tudor era horse cemetery in Westminster, London, revealed as likely resting place for elite imported animals
Did Neanderthals use glue? Analysis of 40,000-year old tools reveals surprisingly sophisticated construction
UW anthropologists’ research unveils early stone plaza at Callacpuma, in the Cajamarca Valley in the Andes, Peru
Researchers have linked the travels of a 14,000-year-old woolly mammoth with the oldest known human settlements in Alaska
Earliest evidence for domestic yak found in the southern Tibetan Plateau, using both archaeology and ancient DNA
The oldest hunter-gatherer basketry in southern Europe, from the Cueva de los Murciélagos and dated to the Mesolithic period, identified
Pollen analysis suggests peopling of Siberia and Europe by modern humans occurred during a major Pleistocene warming spell
Ancient DNA reveals diverse community at Machu Picchu, according to a new study published on Science Advances