Anthropology

Anthropology

Double blow to skull is earliest evidence of murder, a 430,000-year-old whodunit

A 430,000-year-old hominid skull shows signs of murder, making it the earliest suspected homicide.

Humans

Fossils suggest another hominid species lived near Lucy

Fossil jaws dating to over 3 million years ago may add a new species to the ancient hominid mix.

Archaeology

Earliest known stone tools unearthed in Kenya

East African discoveries suggest stone-tool making started at least 3.3 million years ago.

Anthropology

Pots from hunter-gatherer site in China tell tale of lifestyle shift

Chinese foragers settled down and made pottery shortly before farming’s ascent.

Anthropology

Ritual cannibalism occurred in England 14,700 years ago

Human bones show signs of ritual cannibalism in England 14,700 years ago.

Genetics

Mummies tell tuberculosis tales from the crypt

Hungarian mummies contracted multiple strains of tuberculosis at the same time, researchers find.

Anthropology

Beads suggest culture blocked farming in Northern Europe

Baltic hunter-gatherers blocked farming’s spread from south.

Anthropology

Ancient Homo fossils found in Kenya

Finds from three individuals add to skeletal diversity of early members of human genus.

Anthropology

Footprints offer clues about daily hominid life

Early male members of the human genus spent a lot of time together by the water, as their footprints attest.

Anthropology

Kennewick Man’s bones reveal his diet

Pacific Northwest man who lived 9,000 years ago ate from an almost entirely seafood menu, a new analysis finds.

Anthropology

‘Little Foot’ pushes back age of earliest South African hominids

Study suggests Lucy’s species had a South African foil nearly 3.7 million years ago.

Anthropology

Ancient hominids moved into Greece about 206,000 years ago

New analysis puts people at a contested Greek site about 206,000 years ago.