ancient people
Ancient human foot bones shed light on how two species coexisted
The ancient bones of the human foot have remained a mystery since they were discovered by scientists in 2009. Johannes ...
Ancient humans took two routes to Australia 60,000 years ago
Ancient people took two different routes to the territory of modern Australia. Helen Farr and Erich Fischer When and how ...
Kissing may have evolved in an ape ancestor 21 million years ago
Romantic kisses may go way back into our evolutionary past. ATHVisions/Getty Images Early humans like Neanderthals probably kissed, and our ...
Neanderthals’ hefty noses weren’t well adapted to cold climates
Reconstruction of the face of a Neanderthal. Rygor Brue/Alami First analysis of a well-preserved nasal cavity in human fossil record ...
Cradle of humanity is still revealing new insights about our origins
Karo people look at the Omo River Valley in Ethiopia. Michael Honegger/Alamy This is an excerpt from Our Human History, ...
The anthropologist shaking up the way we name human species
It's fair to say that the family tree of ancient people is not carved in stone. Let's just take a ...
Denisovans may have interbred with mysterious group of ancient humans
Illustration of a teenage girl who is the offspring of a Neanderthal mother and a Denisovan father. PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOHN ...
Neanderthal-human hybrids may have been scourged by a genetic mismatch
Neanderthal woman model Joe McNally/Getty Modern humans may indeed have wiped out the Neanderthals, but not just through war or ...
Ancient lead exposure may have influenced how our brains evolved
wise man may have evolved to be more tolerant of lead exposure than other hominids. mad00/Shutterstock A study of fossil ...
Who were the first humans to reach the British Isles?
Man of Heidelberg on the ancient banks of the Thames in modern Swanscombe, UK. NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM, LONDON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY ...
