While separated by vast distances and time, certain populations in the Americas retain hallmarks of ancestry related to ...
In the rugged landscapes of Papua New Guinea—where more than 800 languages echo across valleys and coasts—a remarkable discovery has brought new clarity to one of humanity's greatest migrations. In a ...
Evidence from Jerash shows the Justinian plague reshaped communities, exposing hidden migration patterns and the human impact of pandemic crises. “A plague is upon us” was likely a familiar expression ...
Over 70 historians and scholars who study the ancient world from around the nation gathered at the University of Iowa April ...
The research, part of the Indigenous American Genomic Diversity Project, combined newly sequenced genomes with existing databases to analyze a total of 199 contemporary Indigenous individuals from 53 ...
A new study combining Indigenous knowledge systems with Western genomics has uncovered how megafauna – namely ancient horses – were impacted during a period of substantial habitat change. During the ...
PLATE 1. Figures 1–4: Carcharhinus amblyrhynchoides (DGCUSB/BB-115,112), upper antero-lateral, Figures 5–6: Carcharhinus brevipinna (DGCUSB/BB-136), upper tooth, Figures 7–10: Carcharhinus perezi ...
Archaeologists in Saudi Arabia have uncovered seven fossilized human footprints, about 115,000 years old, preserved in a prehistoric lakebed in the Nefud Desert. The rare preservation offers direct ...
The story of Neanderthals has long been told in fragments, isolated bones, scattered tools, and DNA strands recovered from distant corners of Eurasia. Now, in a dimly lit cave in southern Poland, ...
An artist rendering of the Palaeo-Agulhas Plain during the Pleistocene. Credit: University of Colorado Denver Home to some of the richest evidence for the behavior and culture of the earliest clearly ...
Researchers from Queen Mary, University of London are using an x-ray diffraction technique to study the development of children's teeth and track migration patterns of our ancestors.