Anthropology

A fossilized hominin leg shows gashes that were probably made by stone tools

Extraordinary claims about the small-brained human relative Homo naledi challenge prevailing view of cognitive evolution

Kissing probably predates Homo sapiens as a species, but the first texts documenting the beso go back to the early Bronze Age

Millennia of a rodentlike animal’s urine preserve crucial data that could help scientists understand early humans’ leap forward

Macaques using stones to open oil palm nuts can accidentally create stone flakes that look like early human tools

Archaeologists have found a handful of human skeletons with characteristics that have been linked to horseback riding and are a millennium older than early depictions of humans riding horses

The best asbestos; Roe v. Wade decided

More people will not solve the problem of too many people

Prehistoric pollution reveals extensive copper mining near Lake Superior

Archaeologists studying one of the birthplaces of agriculture find a complex interplay between human actions and the workings of nature and genetics.

Using modern human DNA to estimate when new generations were born over 250,000 years, scientists suggest that fathers have been having children later in life than mothers throughout human history

Scientists have long known that ancient people living in Siberia made their way into what is now North America. Mounting DNA evidence suggests migration also happened in the opposite direction