World’s oldest Homo sapiens fossils found in Morocco
New fossils and dating put a face on the first of our kind
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It wasn't just Greece: Archaeologists find early democratic societies in the Americas
Ordinary people had a voice in some early Mesoamerican societies, though these democracies apparently lasted only 200 to 300 years -
Meet the frail, small-brained people who first trekked out of Africa
Fossils at site in Georgia paint startling picture of humanity’s first migrants -
5000-year-old cobs reveal corn domestication in the act
Genome sequencing shows what genes ancient farmers first selected for in maize -
European diseases left a genetic mark on Native Americans
Genes that sculpt the immune system were transformed by exposure in many First Peoples -
Why did Greenland’s Vikings disappear?
Archaeologists have a new answer to the mystery of Greenland's Norse, who thrived for centuries and then vanished. -
Chimps and bonobos had flings—and swapped genes—in the past
Cross-species hanky-panky likely common among great apes—including humans -
Early cave art reveals elusive ‘Higgs bison’
The bison, a hybrid of two extinct grazers, roamed European grasslands in the late ice age -
Humans aren’t the only great apes that can ‘read minds’
Soap opera experiment suggests chimps, bonobos, and orangutans can predict what others are thinking -
‘Game-changing’ study suggests first Polynesians voyaged all the way from East Asia
Ancient genomes trace first settlement of the remote Pacific to Asian farmers -
Why do we kill? Controversial study blames our distant ancestors
Analysis looks at rates of violence in our primate relatives -
Why Australia is home to one of the largest language families in the world
Researchers put linguistics and genomics together to explore how ancient Aborigines expanded across Australia and began to speak different languages -
Almost all living people outside of Africa trace back to a single migration more than 50,000 years ago
Genetic data confirm that ancient Aborigines and Eurasians left Africa in one single, great wave -
Neandertals made their own jewelry, new method confirms
“Landmark” ancient protein study firmly links sophisticated artifacts from France to our extinct cousins -
How an ancient pope helped make chickens fat
A religious decree 1000 years ago turned the bird into a popular dish in Europe -
The blue in your blue jeans may have originated in Peru at least 6000 years ago
Researchers trace origins of indigo dye
