Tag: anthropology

For decades, archaeologists have been digging up enigmatic hominin fossils across East and Southeast Asia. They clearly didn’t belong to ...

Most of us wouldn’t consider the Middle Ages the epitome of medical sophistication, thanks to our perception of their barbaric ...

Could an Egyptian pharaoh or a Chinese emperor have used a stiff drink or two to build their kingdoms? While ...

In the 1950s, an American anthropologist, Ralph Solecki, discovered the remains of 10 Neanderthals in a cave in Iraqi Kurdistan.  Solecki ...

Artistic mediums certainly change. While modern humans have paint and paper, ancient humans had ochre and pebbles. However, both work ...

The megalithic graveyard of Carrowkeel in Sligo, Irelandscenicireland.com/Christopher Hill Photographic/Alamy Ireland’s megalithic tombs might not have been burial grounds for ...

The Dolní Vestonice Portrait Head is just 2 inches tall and 1 inch wide. It’s a tiny face carved into ...

Evidence of one of the smallest — and perhaps unluckiest — early human relatives has been found in South Africa, ...

The evolutionary path leading to the rise of modern humans is full of twists and turns, and the latest surprise ...

Languages evolve and change drastically over time. If you were to say street corn, nepo baby, or beach read — ...