An ancient human ancestor called Homo floresiensis was likely a scavenger who subsisted on the scraps left behind by the ...

Nomads of the Eurasian steppe were ruled by elite dynastic families, including women, a large-scale genetic analysis reveals.

Scientists hope radiocarbon dating, forensic anthropology and ancient DNA analysis will help determine whether the burial ...

A new ancient DNA study published in Science Advances provides evidence that political power among Scythian elites may have been inherited through family lineages that extended across multiple burial ...

Throughout human ecological history, we have played a variety of roles within ecosystems around the world. In this so-called ...

Elite horse-riding nomads may have passed on political power through family lineages, rather than winning it through achievements, based on ancient DNA from elaborately decorated burial sites during ...

Kayleigh explains why the term Cro-Magnon is no longer appropriate for early modern humans in Europe. The name began with ...

Students at Brandon University will have the opportunity to learn from one of the country’s leading forensic experts this ...

Researchers have, for the first time, recovered ancient human DNA directly from cave walls, with one key sample coming from a ...

History, Anthropology and Politics students celebrated their graduation from Queen's University Belfast. From making lifelong ...

Humanlike fossils have emerged from the deep and twisting caverns of the Rising Star cave system in South Africa over the past decade — and what they have revealed has ...

However, paleoanthropologists, who look for evidence explaining human evolution, are far from convinced. The chances that ...