Lesbians were misrepresented and parodied by men in ancient Roman texts. Yet these depictions can reveal a lot if we read between the lines.
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More than any other ancient relative, Lucy has challenged us to think deeply about what it means to be human.
New research confirms humans first reached the Sahul super-continent by two different routes around 60,000 years ago.
Researchers can study volcanic deposits at archaeological sites to piece together how ancient people responded to catastrophic events.
New research highlights the prevalence of maggots as an easily obtained, nutrient-rich supplement of ancient hominin diets.
This is the oldest confirmed use of a mixture comprising two or more plant toxins specifically applied to arrowheads.
Tracks and traces from long ago are preserved in cemented dune surfaces.
The discovery of a finger bone in a cave in Siberia some 15 years ago kicked off a race to unravel the mysteries of an entirely new group of humanoids.
Yohannes Haile-Selassie is responsible for some of the most remarkable ancient human fossil discoveries in his home country.
On the 50th anniversary of the discovery of ancient hominin Lucy, a leading Ethiopian scientist on why we need to ‘decolonise’ paleo research – and what it’s like to find the oldest human ancestor.
New research provides the foundation for larger, regional-scale analyses of early human adaptive strategies in the Namib Sand Sea, Namibia.
There appear to be two possible explanations for circular patterns with central depressions in Pleistocene deposits on the Cape coast.
The findings reveal a close association between climatic conditions and early human migrations out of Africa.
Machu Picchu is now an iconic tourist destination in Peru – but it was once a royal palace that pulled people from all corners of the Inca empire.
Rituals have been around for hundreds of thousands of years – but are they still useful today?
Humanity carries traces of other populations in our DNA – and a new study shows how one of these ancestors has influenced the immune systems of modern Papuans.
The UN estimates the global population will pass 8 billion people on Nov. 15, 2022. From the Stone Age to today, here’s how things spiraled out of control.
Ancient DNA from Neanderthal fossils in southern Siberia reveals a small community with close family ties – including a father and his teenage daughter.
The mysterious Denisovans left DNA traces in populations across Southeast Asia and Australasia, but until now no physical signs of their presence outside Eurasia had been found.
A new study doubles the age of ancient DNA in sub-Saharan Africa, revealing how people moved, mingled and had children together over the last 50,000 years.
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Research Associate, African Centre for Coastal Palaeoscience, Nelson Mandela University
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Professor, University of the Witwatersrand
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Associate professor, University of Johannesburg
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Director, ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage (CABAH), University of Wollongong
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Associate Professor of Archaeology, Griffith University
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Postdoctoral fellow, University of Tübingen
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Director, Australian Research Centre for Human Evolution, Griffith University
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Honorary researcher, Evolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand
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Director and Virginia M. Ullman Professor of Natural History and the Environment, Institute of Human Origins, Arizona State University
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Lecturer in Mediterranean Prehistory, University of Malta
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Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Yale University
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Professor in the Australian Research Centre for Human Evolution & Griffith Centre for Social and Cultural Research, Griffith University
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Associate Professor, School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University
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Senior Lecturer in Human Genetics, The University of Melbourne
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Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology