Anthropology

Anthropology

Measure Your Giant Carefully And His Size Will Shrink

Ongoing controversy over a hobbitlike hominid.

Humans

Evolution takes Asian refuge

Multiple humanlike species may have arisen in cold-weather retreats and then interbred with ancient people.

Anthropology

Frozen mummy’s genetic blueprints unveiled

DNA study reveals the 5,300-year-old Iceman had brown eyes, Lyme disease and links to modern-day Corsicans and Sardinians.

Humans

Shelters date to Stone Age

Middle Eastern foragers inhabited dwellings for months at a time around 20,000 years ago.

Archaeology

Archaeoacoustics: Tantalizing, but fantastical

While compelling, findings lack scientific rigor.

Humans

DNA highlights Native American die-off

A genetic analysis points to widespread New World deaths after Europeans arrived.

Humans

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.

Humans

Early farmers’ fishy menu

Northern Europeans retained a taste for aquatic foods after farmers arrived 6,000 years ago.

Humans

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.

Humans

Inca takeovers not usually hostile

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

Humans

Humans reached Asia in two waves

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

Humans

Fossil finds offer close look at a contested ancestor

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