Computer Science Helps Explain Distribution of Hunter-Gatherer Groups

Using the way computers function as a source for analogy, a new study has discovered common patterns of social and cultural organization that…

Is Ancient Human Species Homo Floresiensis Still Alive in Indonesia?

In his newly published book Between Ape and Human , retired anthropologist Gregory Forth breaks the taboo that normally separates traditional anthropological and…

Neanderthal-Human Sex Caused a Million Covid Deaths

Updated 17 June, 2022 - 14:43 ashley cowie About 60,000 years ago, a human had a sexual encounter with a Neanderthal. Now, a…

Britain’s Earliest Humans Found In the Suburbs of Canterbury

Updated 22 June, 2022 - 14:50 ashley cowie Hunter's tools excavated in England over a century ago have been dated to, wait for…

Sterkfontein Hominin Fossils Redated To A Million Years Older

Researchers at the Sterkfontein Caves in South Africa, famous for the discovery of ‘Little Foot’ and a ream of other ancient hominin remains,…

Who invented fire? When did human start cooking?

Richard Wrangham, an anthropologist at Harvard, claims that hominids became people—that is, acquired traits like big brains and dainty jaws— by mastering fire…

Human Fire Use Over A Million Years Ago Seems More Likely

There is no smoke without a fire, or so they say, and a group of scientists are applying this thinking to develop new…

Pleistocene Fossil DNA Suggests Native Americans’ East Asian Roots

Updated 15 July, 2022 - 18:54 Sahir Genome sequencing of a human Late Pleistocene Fossil in southwest China dating back around 14,000 years…

The Green Clawed Beast In The Ohio River

Did an unknown creature which is now known as the Green Clawed Beast really attack a woman swimming in the Ohio River back…

Two Green Children Allegedly Appeared In 12th-Century England — And Their Origin Is Still A Mystery

In at least two historical accounts, children with green skin appeared in the English village of Woolpit in the 12th century. But to…