prehistory

Direct genetic traces of the earliest Native Americans have been identified for the first time in a new study. The genetic evidence suggests that...

The first study to compare ancient and living female bones shows that women from early agricultural eras had stronger arms than the rowers of...

Early humans seem to have recognised the dangers of inbreeding at least 34,000 years ago, and developed surprisingly sophisticated social and mating...

In contrast to Western Europeans, new research finds contemporary East Asians are genetically much closer to the ancient hunter-gatherers that lived...

A tiny sea creature identified from fossils found in China may be the earliest known step on an evolutionary path that eventually led to the emergence...

Using ancient DNA, researchers have created a unique picture of how a prehistoric migration route evolved over thousands of years – revealing that it...

Lucy Wrapson reports on her fieldwork analysing the curious cave paintings found on Isla de Mona, in the Caribbean, and their equally enigmatic...

An ancient token-based recording system from before the dawn of history was rendered obsolete by the birth of writing, according to popular wisdom...

The Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology (MAA) has been announced as one of the ten finalists for the prestigious Art Fund Prize for Museum of the...