First ancient genomes from the Green Sahara deciphered
A new study reveals a long-isolated North African human lineage in the Central Sahara during the African humid period more than 7,000 years ago.
Rhode Island's resident Egyptian mummy is restored to his coffin home . . .
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Cover Stories
Children participated in cave paintings because they were perceived as mediators between the physical and spiritual worlds
New Study Suggests: This Is Why Children Took Part in Creating Prehistoric Cave Art In prehistoric societies.
Penn Museum and Egyptian Archaeologists Unearth a 3,600-Year-Old Tomb from the Lost Abydos Dynasty
The Egyptian king is yet to be identified.
Cuneiforms: new digital tool for researchers
Exploring Florida’s Ancient Past: How Archaeological Discoveries Shape Our Modern Cities
When did human language emerge?
A new analysis suggests our language capacity existed at least 135,000 years ago, with language used widely perhaps 35,000 years after that.
Genetic study reveals hidden chapter in human evolution
The “frontiers” of Southeast Iberian Bronze Age communities identified
Humanity’s First Global Ancestor
THE UPDATE: Decades of fossil discoveries have illuminated our understanding of a deep-time human ancestral species that persisted and spread across the globe well more than one million years ago.
Scientists discover the earliest ancestral human face of Western Europe
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Research reveals ancient Maya lessons on surviving drought
Huge variety of plant foods made their starvation unlikely.
Nits on ancient mummies shed light on South American ancestry
New technique means head lice can provide clues about ancient people and migration.
Scientists digitally ‘unwrap’ mummy of pharaoh Amenhotep I for the first time in 3,000 years
Study shows that 21st dynasty restorers ‘lovingly restored’ mummy, dispelling theory that they were bent on reusing old royal burial equipment.
New dates for Viking trade
Solar flare throws light on ancient trade between the Islamic Middle East and the Viking Age.
Humans Reached Remote North Atlantic Islands Centuries Earlier Than Thought
Faroes Settled Well Before Vikings Arrived, Lake Sediments Show.
Mystery solved: Footprints from site A at Laetoli, Tanzania, are from early humans, not bears
Findings provide conclusive evidence that multiple species of hominins co-existed on the landscape.
Volcanic eruptions contributed to collapse of China dynasties
Eruptions create sulfuric acid clouds in the upper atmosphere and can cool the climate.
A Child of darkness
The first partial skull of a child of Homo naledi begins to give us insight into all stages of life of this remarkable species.
More than ceremonial, ancient Chaco Canyon was home, new study says
Early puebloans impacted the ecosystem around Chaco Canyon earlier than previously believed.
