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Stone Age boy in Sweden was buried in deerskin and a woodpecker headdress, archaeologists discoverA new method of studying the contents of soil samples has revealed Stone Age people in Sweden were buried in decorated fur-and-feather clothing.
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Humans and Neanderthals interbred — but it was mostly male Neanderthals and female humans who coupled up, study findsA preference for pairings between male Neanderthals and female Homo sapiens may answer the question of why there are "Neanderthal deserts" in human chromosomes.
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Babies weren't supposed to be mourned in the Roman Empire. These rare liquid-gypsum burials prove otherwise.Despite historical records saying otherwise, Roman babies were mourned at death, research into unique plaster burials from York reveals.
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14,000-year-old ivory tools found in Alaska hint at how Clovis ancestors first arrived in the New WorldAncient artifacts unearthed in Alaska revealed migrants from Asia might have come to the Americas via an inland route, and not a coastal path.
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Far fewer people are related to Genghis Khan than previously assumed, new genomic study suggestsSome experts have suggested as many as 1 in 200 men in the world are related to Genghis Khan. But a new genomic study reveals the number is significantly lower.
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2,800-year-old mass grave of women and children discovered in Serbia reveals 'brutal, deliberate and efficient' violenceAn analysis of a mass grave found in northern Serbia is revealing new information about violence in Early Iron Age Europe.
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Lotus shoes: Tiny footwear for Chinese women whose feet were bound as childrenLotus shoes are tiny footwear associated with foot-binding, a beauty practice that lasted for at least a millennium in China.
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2,000-year-old skulls reveal people in ancient Vietnam permanently blackened their teeth — a stylish practice that persists todayIn a study of 2,000-year-old skulls from Vietnam, archaeologists discovered that iron was the primary component that dyed teeth black.
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A coffin holding a dead 'princess' fell from an eroded cliff over 100 years ago — archaeologists just solved a major mystery about herDendrochronological analysis of a mysterious log coffin that tumbled from a cliff a century ago reveals clues to life in Roman-era Poland.
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