How the pelvis, and not bipedalism, gave humans their narrow hips
The anatomy of our pelvis is a result of an evolutionary trade-off, but perhaps it's not the one we thought
How did human butts evolve to look that way?
An evolutionary anthropologist tackles the mystery of the butt
How did our ancestors start walking upright?
A newly discovered species of ancient ape could shed light on the origins of human bipedalism
Unexpected gorilla snacking behaviors make scientists question what we know about early humans
Gorillas' eating habits don't match their tooth specializations, raising questions about determining early human diets from fossil records
Bonobos' penchant for aquatic herbs might be why we have such big brains
Iodine promotes brain development, but until now we did not know where our hominin ancestors may have gotten this mineral
A Denisovan jaw bone is discovered; ancient human relative skeleton becomes more complete
Previously, only fragments of bone and mitochondrial DNA linked Denisovans to Homo sapiens
Netflix's Our Planet showed walruses in distress. We need to find what humanity's role is
Understanding walrus-human interactions in the past might shed some light on the "walrus scene"
"Skeleton Keys" reveals the secrets hidden inside your bones
Brian Switek's book breathes new life into our understanding of old bones
Humans in South America evolved to live with arsenic poisoning
The toxic environment offers clues to ancient mummies and human evolution
Some spooky Halloween Archaeology facts from Massive Consortium member Darcy Shapiro
These true stories show that archaeology has plenty of terrifying discoveries to share
The history of humanity is written across your smile
'The Tales Teeth Tell' traces the evolution of our teeth into "oral Swiss army knives"
The slap-dash nature of evolution makes entertaining reading
Nathan Lents' new book details the accidental, incidental nature of human quirks
Did humans evolve to eat raw, aged, or cooked meat? I tried to test digestion
That's how I ended up feeding raw meat to undergrads
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The bugs your primate ancestors loved to eat found a way into your genes
The original paleo diet lives on in humans today
Turkeys on treadmills are helping anthropologists test the fossil record
Walk like a person, talk like a turkey