Anthropology

Analysis of a mummy kept for a century at the University of Turin in Italy has revealed rare face tattoos made with a special black ink.

A large-scale genome study shows that Indigenous peoples in the Americas split off several times, resulting in loss of important genetic diversity.

A study of more than 3,000 genomes has traced a gene mutation that confers HIV resistance to a person who lived near the Black Sea around 7000 B.C.

Archaeologists working at the Cueva de Sangre site in Guatemala have discovered an unusual ancient Maya ritual.

The question of how the super-blue paint was made now has a second answer.

Archaeologists have found conclusive evidence of psychedelic drug use more than 2,500 years ago in Peru.

An 18th-century Austrian monk who died of tuberculosis was mummified in an extremely unusual way.

A unique Bronze Age cemetery in China has revealed a high frequency of injuries suggestive of intense, violent interactions.

New genetic research confirms what the oral traditions of the Picuris Pueblo people of New Mexico have long described — that they're related to the Indigenous people of Chaco Canyon.

Archaeologists have identified two potential mass graves of Black Union soldiers who were targeted by Confederate guerrillas in the Civil War.