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This is the first time archaeologists have found tracks of people crawling.
New research reveals that routes we didn't consider possible may have been walked long ago – meaning the story of how we got here could need a little rewriting.
‘A slight decrease in food may explain a reduction in fertility,’ says Dr Anna Degioanni.
Proto-humans’ decision to start walking on two legs is what took us from living in the trees to designing space rockets and it may all have started with a fantastical series of events.
Deep beneath the North Sea, scientists have discovered a fossilized forest that could hold traces of prehistoric early humans who lived there around 10,000 years ago, before the land slipped beneath the waves a few thousand years later.
This could provide the first direct look at how the ocean reacted to the geophysical swings of the last ice age, leading to improved climate models to help understand our own changing world.
Mbya leaders believe incorporating technology will help them protect lands that have been occupied by large-scale producers or farmers, preserving forests as a critical source of food and medicinal plants.
“Storing food and later on retrieving it is an indication that the animals are able to plan into the future," said Tobias Deschner, primatologist at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
Found near Leicester and dated to 395 to 255BC, the shield was made of painted bark, backed by wooden spars. Experts said the shield gave an "unparalleled" insight into prehistoric technology.
Earth will approach within 30,000,000 km of the centre of the Taurid swarm this summer, the closest such encounter since 1975.
After 25 years and a half-billion dollars, only half of the project’s water delivered to Pine Ridge Reservation comes from the Missouri River – unlike supplies for white ranchers.
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Wear patterns suggest a woman buried in the ancient city of Mendes processed papyrus reeds, a job women were not previously known to do.
Certain genes—particularly the ones that make watermelon flesh red and sweet—were more like those of today’s watermelon, indicating this fruit had already been domesticated by 3500 years ago.
Scientists found microbes that survived for thousands of years inside pores in the clay of ancient pottery used to make and store beer and wine.
There's less than a 1% chance Australopithecus sediba led to the genus Homo.
For Native Americans, it is spiritually meaningful because they believe that seeds are living, breathing beings from whom they are descended.
Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered the ruins of an ancient fortress dating to the 26th Dynasty, the last dynasty in which native Egyptians ruled before the Persians conquered the country in 525 B.C.
A photographer discovers a primordial paradise where he’s just part of the ecosystem.
Technology to read people's minds may appear like something right out of science fiction, but it's something which is becoming a reality.
Aïda Muluneh’s vibrant images explore Ethiopian identity, and her photo festival aspires to shape a new vision of the continent.
This natural glass, found across thousands of square kilometers in western Egypt, is thought to have originated from one of two events: either a meteorite impact on the surface of Earth or an airburst.
This new estimate is much older than previous estimates, too.
Analysis of ancient pollen suggests cannabis evolved 3 kilometres above sea level on the Tibetan Plateau. This is only a few hundred kilometres from a cave that researchers recently announced was once home to the ancient Denisovans.
In 5 billion years, the sun will run out of fuel and expand. A more immediate threat is a global warming apocalypse. Moving the Earth to a wider orbit could be a solution, and it is possible in theory.
Store named after celebrity dealer Howard Marks sells legal products such as CBD oil.
The billionaire class are preparing for doomsday. Only problem is, the rest of us aren’t invited.
After a long legal battle, the Waorani people have successfully protected half a million acres of their ancestral territory in the Amazon rainforest from being mined for oil drilling by huge oil corporations.
A researcher has solved a 100-year-old riddle by discovering that glass found in the Egyptian desert was created by a meteorite impact. These findings have implications for understanding the threat posed by asteroids.
Archaeologists and historians fear development will cause ‘irreparable damage’ to world heritage site and surrounding Sacred Valley.
A new study estimates the age of these hominids’ last common ancestor.
The results show that the individuals shared close genetic affinity to other hunter-gatherers in Sweden and to early Mesolithic populations from Ice Age Europe.
To light their way, these late Stone Age people likely burned bundles of pine sticks, which archaeologists also found in the cave.
Tribes have had the same hopes and dreams for generations. Will the 2020 presidential candidates hear them?
Team calculated it's unlikely that Australopithecus sediba, which existed 800,000 years after the earliest-known human, was ancestral to the human lineage.
They fear that with the effects of climate change, their culture will soon vanish. They argue that by failing to protect them, their government has violated their basic human rights.
Experts believe they may have found a Kilwa coin that could change what we know about the history of global trade.
Scientists to create 3D map of submerged Mesolithic landscape of Doggerland.
The findings highlight the way in which a combination of genetic, archaeological, and linguistic data can converge to tell the same story about what happened in particular areas in the distant past.
Deporting Indigenous peoples strips them of their identity and right to country and devalues their cultural obligations and responsibilities.
Bald cypress trees in North Carolina, including one tree at least 2,624 years old, are the oldest known living trees in eastern North America and the oldest known wetland tree species in the world.
Long before Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin in 1928, people were using antibiotics to combat infections.
After getting his DNA tested, Darrell "Dusty" Crawford learned that his ancestors were already in the Americas about 17,000 years ago, according to the Great Falls Tribune, a Montana newspaper.
Fictional crash tests the ways that disaster response and space agencies would deal with such a natural disaster.
The 160,000-year-old jawbone was uncovered by a Buddhist monk in a Chinese cave nearly 40 years ago—an aspect of this story that’s as intriguing as it is frustrating.
New Zealanders will be able to vote on whether they want to legalize cannabis in a referendum next year. The draft law under consideration would allow people over the age of 20 to purchase the drug.
There are roughly 8 million plant and animal species in the world. One of them — homo sapiens — may soon wipe out a million of the rest. And we’re just getting started.
The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) – NASA’s first mission to demonstrate a planetary defense technique – will get one chance to hit its target, the small moonlet in the binary asteroid system Didymos.
The contents suggest the users were well versed in the psychoactive properties of the substances, and also that they sourced their goods from well-established trade routes.
Several tombs and burials were discovered in the cemetery, with one of the oldest tombs holding the remains of two individuals — one named "Behnui-Ka" and another named "Nwi."
Psychology can move away from the Western tradition of expert and patient, towards a more narrative form based on Aboriginal traditions and reconnecting with the land.
A team of civil engineers in France have revealed that the Romans had ancient technology for building structures that acted like modern-day electromagnetic cloaking devices.
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Iron tools, weapons, musical instruments and sculptures tell a tale of centuries of the craft’s influence.
The so-called self-domestication hypothesis, floated by Charles Darwin and formulated by 21st century scholars, is now popular among anthropologists.
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A jawbone discovered in a cave on the Tibetan Plateau shines new light on several mysteries that had surrounded the ancient hominins.
An ancient graveyard buried at the bottom of an underwater cave in Mexico, has turned up the skull animals and a couple of humans more than 12,000-years-old.
While space agencies simulate an asteroid impact this week at the 2019 Planetary Defense Conference, there’s a real asteroid they’re monitoring that will make a close appearance in just 10 years.
Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind’s murder sparked outrage in the US. A bill named after her aims to address the crisis of violence against Native women.
The recent findings pinpoint the wild ancestors of some of Africa's most important crops, highlighting reservoirs of genes that could be exploited to boost the productivity and disease resistance of the domesticated varieties.
The fossil record for our closest relatives is poor, but genetic data could help.
Hominin stone artefacts have been found in the western periphery of the Red Sea that suggest this region was a key early dispersal corridor – and possibly the first.
Grass-eating mammals, including armadillos as big as Volkswagens, became more diverse in South America about 6 million years ago because shifts in atmospheric circulation drove changes in climate and vegetation.
Scientists in Chile say they have found a footprint dating from at least 15,600 years ago, making it the earliest such sign of man's presence in the Americas.
'Tabletop exercise' will ensure US government is ready to respond to any real asteroids that could be on their way to destroy us.
Although rock dove and raven remains were the most numerous birds, the remains of golden eagles were also present at 26 sites.
Democratic Gov. Janet Mills said Friday that "there is power in a name and who we choose to honor" before signing a law that drops the state's recognition of the federal holiday.
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In the first week of April, a Japanese spacecraft blasted a small crater into an asteroid more than 180 million miles from Earth — and now we’ve finally got the first images of its explosive handy work.
Though the owner of the tomb was Tjt alone, its occupants were many. It hid dozens of mummies, some of them of young children.
Ancient fire remains provide evidence of Neanderthal group mobility and settlement patterns and indicate specific occupation episodes, according to a new study.
Scientists at the Wellcome Sanger Institute have unravelled the secrets of nine skeletons found in a burial pit in Sidon, Lebanon, by analysing ancient DNA extracted from them.
New figures show police recorded a drop of arrests in major cities of up to 75 per cent since 2008.
After two weeks of deliberations, a criminal court in Puyo, Ecuador, accepted a Waorani tribe bid for court protection in Pastaza province to stop an oil bidding process.
If a collision-course NEO was identified, it can at least be said that a proposed nuclear response would be very likely to violate international law.
Neanderthal fossils have been found in Croatia and Greece, but they are still rare in the Balkans, compared to Western Europe and the Middle East. This is the first Neanderthal found in Serbia.
The remains, excavated from raised areas known as “forest islands” on the Llanos de Moxos, show the area was inhabited between 10,600 and 4,000 years ago.
Buffer effect could point to a protective mechanism that may help 'treat disorders like psychosis and addiction'.
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The total charge in a single thundercloud could have powered New York City for half an hour.
The remains of indigenous people from all over the world have ended up in various British institutions. Why do their descendants have so much trouble getting them returned?
The large earthen mound was found to contain millions of parts from Classic Maya figurine molds, figurines, and incense burners.
Scientists said they might have detected the first known seismic tremor on Mars in a discovery that could shed light on the ancient origins of Earth's neighbour.
While the offer was announced to mark the annual 420 celebrations, it’s primary aim was to raise awareness about the criminal justice reform needed for those persecuted with marijuana-related charges.
Drug policy advocate says war on drugs has disproportionately hurt communities of colour.
For over 4 million years, our features have slowly morphed into what we see today in the mirror, a brief stop on the way to who knows what.
It’s yet another example of how the contradiction between state and federal laws is spilling over beyond issues related to the legal marijuana industry itself.
Welcome to the Extinction Rebellion, the escalating but methodically polite campaign of disruption that has turned several of central London’s best-known locations into a giant game of territorial to-and-fro.
The animal's body fluids were extracted during an autopsy and tested in the hope of cloning the extinct species.
He claimed the outcome was very tasty!
The 3,500-year-old, 450-square-metre tomb contains 18 entrance gates and is believed to have belonged to a nobleman named Shedsu-Djehuty.
Research reveals medieval campaign lasting two centuries had little genetic impact on local population.
The Wari elite knew how to party 1,000 years ago – and it all ended in one mighty, mug-smashing festival that went up in flames.
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It’s an ongoing abuse that’s garnered far less outcry.
Ancient skeletons reveal arrival of eastern Mediterranean population replaced hunter-gatherer population of British Isles.
Researchers calculate that an asteroid from beyond our solar system burned up in the atmosphere in 2014.
Attached to them was an enormous jaw and other bone fragments dated to 23 million years ago.
The teeth of a 4,000-year-old woman show distinct patterns suggesting she was a craftsperson. Many have assumed this profession was restricted to men at the time.
A bright meteor was caught in many dashcam videos – in broad daylight – on April 6, 2019, over the Russian city of Krasnoyarsk. See a video compilation here.
In total, the remains of 53 ancestors are being returned this month.
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The three major national polls in America are increasingly converging on one point: Marijuana legalization is very popular in the US.
The ancestors of the people who built Stonehenge travelled west across the Mediterranean before reaching Britain, a study has shown.
The raw materials from a comet have been found sealed inside a pristine, primitive meteorite.
New archaeological evidence and biblical scholarship suggest Shishak wanted to make Egypt great again – but may have inadvertently steered the Israelites into creating a great nation of their own.