Latest about anthropology
2.2 million-year-old teeth reveal secrets of human relatives found in a South African cave
A cutting-edge technique for analyzing fossil tooth enamel is revealing remarkable new information about 2 million-year-old human relatives.
Rare face tattoos on 800-year-old mystery mummy baffle archaeologists
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.
Humans reached southern South America by 14,500 years ago, genomes from 139 Indigenous groups reveal
A large-scale genome study shows that Indigenous peoples in the Americas split off several times, resulting in loss of important genetic diversity.
Viking DNA helps reveal when HIV-fighting gene mutation emerged: 9,000 years ago near the Black Sea
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.
Ancient Maya 'blood cave' discovered in Guatemala baffles archaeologists
Archaeologists working at the Cueva de Sangre site in Guatemala have discovered an unusual ancient Maya ritual.
Secret of ancient Maya blue pigment revealed from cracks and clues on a dozen bowls from Chichén Itzá
The question of how the super-blue paint was made now has a second answer.
Secret 'drug room' full of psychedelic 'snuff tubes' discovered at pre-Inca site in Peru
Archaeologists have found conclusive evidence of psychedelic drug use more than 2,500 years ago in Peru.
18th-century monk's anus was stuffed with wood chips and fabric to mummify him, researchers discover
An 18th-century Austrian monk who died of tuberculosis was mummified in an extremely unusual way.
