Tag: Anthropology

A mass ritual sacrifice of young children to a rain god in 15th-century Mexico has been linked to a deadly drought in the region, according to recent research. The skeletal remains of 42 children,...

Insects play a crucial role in human cultural evolution, despite many people only thinking about them when trying to keep them out of their homes. Entomologist Barrett Klein from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse...

Archaeologists recently made a fascinating discovery in Tajikistan, unearthing a rock-shelter that may have served as a migration site for Neanderthals, Denisovans, and modern humans over a period of 130,000 years. The Inner Asian...

Fifty years ago, researchers found an important fossil in Ethiopia that changed our understanding of human evolution. This fossil, known as Lucy, is a female hominin and has become famous worldwide. Lucy is special...

Archaeologists in Belgium were surprised when they discovered a skeleton in a Roman-era cremation cemetery that turned out to be 2,500 years older than they initially thought. Upon closer examination, they found that the...

A recent study has shed new light on the mysterious Homo floresiensis, also known as the 'hobbit' human, who lived on the island of Flores in Indonesia. The study, published in the journal Nature...