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Prehistoric humans were smaller than modern people, challenging popular artistic depictions

Artistic representations of ancient humans often show large men with bulging muscles – but our ancestors were actually smaller than us, in both height and body mass. Columnist Michael Marshall reveals surprising details about the short kings of prehistory

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newscientist.com·Science·1d ago·8 min read

Correctional Facility: A Scholarly Response to Jonathan Basile's 'Natural Election' on Genetics, Blame, and Forgiveness

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Opinion: NAGPRA and the tension between repatriation laws and anthropological research

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Ancient footprints in New Mexico suggest humans reached the Americas 23,000 years ago

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New evidence shows Inca khipu record-keeping system was used beyond elite circles

The people of the ancient Incan empire kept careful records of their economics, religion, demographics and history.

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sciencealert.com·Tech by Flipboard·12d ago·6 min read

Ancient hunter-gatherers across North America had direct contact 4,000 years ago, archaeological evidence suggests

Great Lakes and southeastern coastal hunter-gatherers had direct contact around 4,000 years ago, a study suggests.

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sciencenews.org·Twitter Science News·13d ago·5 min read

Anthropologist Suggests Homo floresiensis May Have Survived Until Modern Times on Flores Island

Three-foot-tall “ape-men” defied survival expectations. One researcher isn't convinced they’re entirely gone.

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AAA Commission Calls for Ethical Standards in Handling Ancestral Human Remains

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An Anthropologist Explains Why Skeletal Sex Is an Estimate, Not a Certainty

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300,000-Year-Old Acheulo-Yabrudian Cave Site with Fire Evidence Discovered in Northern Israel

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How Cooperative Caregiving and Kinship Systems May Have Shaped the Evolution of Sexual and Gender Diversity

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Ancient human DNA extracted from cave paintings for the first time, study finds

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newscientist.com18d ago

Ancient Maya ritual: Elite individuals' teeth placed in cave far from burial sites

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The Evolutionary Origins of Human Love: Primate Social Bonds and the Science of Pair-Bonding

Social relationships can be placed on two main axes. Relationships can range from affiliative to agonistic, which is displayed on the Y-axis. Relationships can also range from brief to enduring, whic...

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onlinelibrary.wiley.com·Science·23d ago·26 min read

Alice Roberts on human evolution: why our species is not as exceptional as we think

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Ancient DNA reveals human evolution is a complex network, not a simple branching tree

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Plant remains link Inca child sacrifices on Llullaillaco volcano to reign of last emperors

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Long-read sequencing reveals archaic structural variants in Papua New Guinean genomes

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Prehistoric humans were smaller than modern people, challenging popular artistic depictions

Correctional Facility: A Scholarly Response to Jonathan Basile's 'Natural Election' on Genetics, Blame, and Forgiveness

Opinion: NAGPRA and the tension between repatriation laws and anthropological research

Ancient footprints in New Mexico suggest humans reached the Americas 23,000 years ago

New evidence shows Inca khipu record-keeping system was used beyond elite circles

Ancient hunter-gatherers across North America had direct contact 4,000 years ago, archaeological evidence suggests

Anthropologist Suggests Homo floresiensis May Have Survived Until Modern Times on Flores Island

AAA Commission Calls for Ethical Standards in Handling Ancestral Human Remains

An Anthropologist Explains Why Skeletal Sex Is an Estimate, Not a Certainty

300,000-Year-Old Acheulo-Yabrudian Cave Site with Fire Evidence Discovered in Northern Israel

How Cooperative Caregiving and Kinship Systems May Have Shaped the Evolution of Sexual and Gender Diversity

Ancient human DNA extracted from cave paintings for the first time, study finds

Ancient Maya ritual: Elite individuals' teeth placed in cave far from burial sites

The Evolutionary Origins of Human Love: Primate Social Bonds and the Science of Pair-Bonding

Alice Roberts on human evolution: why our species is not as exceptional as we think

Ancient DNA reveals human evolution is a complex network, not a simple branching tree

Plant remains link Inca child sacrifices on Llullaillaco volcano to reign of last emperors

Long-read sequencing reveals archaic structural variants in Papua New Guinean genomes