Skeletons' broken clavicles tell a centuries-old tale of humans and horses
Clavicle fractures can be used to identify horse riders from their bones
There's a scientific reason why humans love drumming
Anthropology and evolutionary biology help demystify the groove
Neandertals don't deserve their bad, dim-witted reputation
Our hominin ancestor had bigger brains and probably went extinct with climate change. Who are we to judge?
Island- and mainland-dwelling gibbons have differently shaped jaws
These findings could help scientists classify fossil primates
Lactose tolerance spread through Europe faster than previously thought
A new study traces the prevalence of a lactose-tolerance mutation through genetic analysis of Bronze Age bones
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You can't tell a chimpanzee's age by its gray hairs
Unlike in humans, silver strands are not a good clue of old age in chimps
Neanderthals braided their own string
A 40,000 year old cord made of plant fiber provides unprecedented insight into our extinct relatives
How did our ancestors start walking upright?
A newly discovered species of ancient ape could shed light on the origins of human bipedalism
Should the age of humans have a geologic name?
And how will Earth's history remember us?
Four times that Margaret Mead challenged societal norms
How the most influential anthropologist in history broadened views on sexuality and cultural influences
Climate change is destroying ancient murals in Texas
This group is racing to preserve what's left
Bertha Parker, the trailblazing first Indigenous North American archaeologist, taught herself how to excavate a site
What she found in a tiny crevice in Gypsum Cave rewrote the history of humans in North America
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
The history of humanity is written across your smile
'The Tales Teeth Tell' traces the evolution of our teeth into "oral Swiss army knives"
Turkeys on treadmills are helping anthropologists test the fossil record
Walk like a person, talk like a turkey