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Bipedalism and brain expansion explain human handedness

Colonial roots may explain why North and Latin America treat wildlife differently

Earliest evidence for invasive mitigation of dental caries by Neanderthals

Anthropology Students Uncovering New Science About Ancient History

Scientists Reconstruct One of Oldest Known Neanderthal Communities

Study: Malaria Shaped Human Settlement Patterns for Over 74,000 Years

Landmark ancient-genome study shows surprise acceleration of human evolution

Shell game: Neanderthal use of the European pond turtle (Emys orbicularis) in the Last Interglacial landscape of Neumark-Nord (Germany)

Neanderthals survived on a knife's edge for 350k years

Chimpanzees Are Really Into Crystals

Neanderthal men chose Homo sapiens women: Genetics reveals the sex life of our ancestors

The Spread of Homo sapiens

The North Sentinel Island Iceberg | PART 1

“Geology with a soul:” New OMSI exhibit highlights Indigenous storytelling and geology - ICT

This newly found ancient human from Morocco may be the root of the Homo sapiens family tree

Anthropologists uncover earliest known evidence of intentional cremation in ancient Africa, dating to roughly 9,500 years ago in northern Malawi

Earliest evidence for intentional cremation of human remains in Africa

Oldest human ancestor: 7 million-year-old fossil proves bipedal signs, challenges history

Submerged Stone Structures in the Far West of Europe During the Mesolithic/Neolithic Transition (Sein Island, Brittany, France)

Study finds humans were making fire 400,000 years ago, far earlier than once thought

Cities aren’t built for women — it’s time to change that

First kiss dates back 21 million years, say scientists

Ancient Egyptians likely used opiates regularly

Some early East Asians did not meet Denisovans

‘The most violent attack ever documented’: Five female bonobos kill a male, challenging beliefs about the species’ peaceful nature

Paranthropus boisei was Capable of Tool Making, New Fossil Suggests

Research Software & Tools for Resource-Limited Scholars

We're The Only Ones With Chins - And We Don't Know Why | PBS Eons [13:46]

The anthropomorphic mask of the Bwami initiation society

Megafauna was the meat of choice for South American hunters

Million-year-old skull ‘rewrites human evolution’: Yunxian 2, found in China in 1990, indicates Homo sapiens may have emerged 400,000 years earlier

Archaeologists Found A Rare 30,000-Year-Old Toolkit That Once Belonged To A Stone Age Hunter

Million-year-old skull rewrites human evolution, scientists claim

Homo floresiensis' in utero development was similar to other humans, suggesting growth slowdown only after birth

Race isn’t a ‘biological reality,’ contrary to recent political claims − here’s how scientific consensus on race developed in the 20th century

Chimpanzees act as 'engineers', choosing materials to make tools based on structural and mechanical properties

Happy Birthday David Graeber!

Oldest Human Genomes Reveal How a Small Group Burst Out of Africa

Ancient genomes link early Europeans to Neanderthal ancestry

Researchers have named a new species in the Homo genus.

How humans evolved to be 'energetically unique'

Penn Museum discovers another set of human remains from MOVE bombing

The midlife crisis is not universal: Study of thousands of people in rural communities shows that many do not experience a slump in well-being during their forties and fifties.

The universal belief in witches reveals our deepest fears | Aeon Essays

Social Media Is Helping Bring Indigenous Languages Back from the Brink | The Walrus

People Are Not Peas—Why Genetics Education Needs an Overhaul

Headbanging aunties and punk rock rez shows? An archive puts Indigenous punks in the spotlight