Anthropology

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::	Anthropology

Top Stories | February 12

DNA highlights Native American die-off
A genetic analysis points to widespread New World deaths after Europeans arrived.
Humans’ entry into Europe pushed earlier
Homo sapiens fossils from Italy and England point to an early arrival and a longer time living alongside Neandertals.
Early farmers’ fishy menu
Northern Europeans retained a taste for aquatic foods after farmers arrived 6,000 years ago.
Stone Age paint shop unearthed
The discovery of tools for making a substance possibly used in body decoration suggests humans could invent and plan by 100,000 years ago.
Inca takeovers not usually hostile
Skeletal evidence suggests that war was not the answer for Inca imperialists.

:: More in Anthropology

Skeletal evidence suggests that war was not the answer for Inca imperialists.

New genetic data show that some early migrants interbred with a mysterious Neandertal sister group.

Nearly 2 million-year-old fossils offer glimpses of a species that may, or may not, have been crucial for human evolution.

Homo erectus may have made both advanced and simple tools 1.76 million years ago.

Skulls from a North African civilization provide glimpses of what may be early cranial surgery.

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