Tagged With Anthropology

The carcass of an extinct cave bear thought to be over 22,000 years old was discovered in remote Siberia — the only find of its kind

Aylin Woodward

Ancient humans interbred with a mysterious archaic population 700,000 years ago, a study found — it's the earliest known mating between different human species

Aylin Woodward

A handful of recent discoveries have shattered anthropologists' picture of where humans came from, and when

Aylin Woodward

A group of our Homo erectus ancestors suffered a mysterious mass death more than 107,000 years ago. It's their last appearance in the fossil record.

Aylin Woodward

Scientists found a 5,700-year-old piece of used gum in a lagoon — and sequenced the entire genome of the woman who chewed it

Aylin Woodward

A 44,000-year-old mural is now the oldest example of humans telling stories with pictures. Take a look at the epic hunt it shows.

Aylin Woodward

Humans aren't the only species that rely on grandmothers to watch the kids: Orca grannies ensure baby whales live longer

Aylin Woodward

The most awe-inspiring scientific discoveries of the 2010s include the first image of a black hole, an exoplanet with water, and a hidden continent

Aylin Woodward

Archaeologists discovered a catacomb filled with mummified lion cubs, crocodiles, and cobras in an ancient Egyptian city of the dead

Aylin Woodward

A pair of infant skeletons were found wearing other children's skulls as helmets in a 2,000-year-old grave site

Aylin Woodward

Every person alive today descended from a woman who lived in modern-day Botswana about 200,000 years ago, a new study finds

Aylin Woodward

Hundreds of skeletons were found in a mysterious Himalayan lake. A new analysis shows that some of them died 1,000 years apart.

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Anthropologists have found the oldest skull of one of our earliest human ancestors. The 3.8 million-year-old fossil changes our understanding of human history.

Aylin Woodward

A 210,000-year-old skull found in Greece is the oldest modern human discovered outside Africa. It changes our timeline of human migration.

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Humans are some of the only animals that don't have tails — here's why

Shira Polan, Uma Sharma

A 160,000-year-old jaw from a human ancestor was found in a Tibetan cave. It might explain why Tibetans are able to live at high altitudes today.

Aylin Woodward

Scientists have discovered the oldest human footprint ever seen in the Americas

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Scientists may have discovered a new human species. It lived on a tiny island in the Philippines at the same time as Homo sapiens.

Aylin Woodward

Scientists have found one of the world's oldest surviving tattooing kits — with needles made of human bone

Aylin Woodward

Humans once hunted and butchered giant ground sloths in South America, 12,600-year-old bones reveal

Aylin Woodward