Anthropology
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![Archaeologists unearthed the skeleton in a coastal area near Chile's Atacama Desert.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5MxNwLB7sJhQPTzxn4EaPm-320-80.jpg)
Drowned Stone Age fisherman examined with forensic method that could rewrite prehistory
By Mindy Weisberger published
Tiny marine algae lingered in the bones of a fisherman who lived 5,000 years ago, and they reveal that he drowned in salt water.
![A top (a), rear (b), bottom (c) and front (d) view of the vertebra discovered at 'Ubeidiya](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Jp46i6XVcnhFPa3HQZqzJW-320-80.jpg)
1.5 million-year-old fossil rewrites 'Out of Africa' theory
By Charles Q. Choi published
A new analysis of a 1.5 million-year-old human vertebra found in Israel suggests that ancient human relatives dispersed out of Africa in multiple waves.
![A recreation of human ancestors.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/mLoXrPRBgtjRJeNSg3FkRS-320-80.jpg)
10 fascinating findings about our human ancestors from 2021
By Laura Geggel published
Here's 10 discoveries we made about human evolution over the last year.
![A digital reconstruction of the Arma Veirana cave.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/KGK6SGiqVTS3gw52Q8Haik-320-80.jpg)
Burial of infant 'Neve' could be oldest of its kind in Europe
By Tom Garlinghouse published
An infant burial discovered in the Italian Alps sheds light on how the hunter-gatherers of Europe dealt with issues of personhood and status 10,000 years ago.
![Southern cassowary is found in New Guinea as well as Queensland in northeastern Australia.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/KHyGrmqLVpzD9LSNqjbdZK-320-80.jpg)
These giant birds could eviscerate you. People were raising them 18,000 years ago.
By Joanna Thompson published
People were raising cassowaries, the world's most dangerous bird, some 18,000 years ago, new research shows.
![Michelangelo's alleged shoes, in the collection of Florence's Casa Buonarroti Museum.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/QsmzQbxH2mjU9sirMaafvn-320-80.jpg)
Artistic giant Michelangelo was actually quite short
By Mindy Weisberger published
A new analysis of shoes that may have belonged to the Renaissance artist Michelangelo revealed his small stature.
![The skull and jaw of the ancient Toalean woman found in a cave in South Sulawesi, Indonesia.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HRDPengqN6v7Qbq3JxABCB-320-80.jpg)
Ancient remains found in Indonesia belong to a vanished human lineage
By Laura Geggel published
Ancient DNA from a woman who lived 7,200 years ago reveal she belongs to a vanished human lineage.
![About 51,000 years ago, Neanderthals carved chevrons into this giant deer toe.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/LimzFvpVUzpU3zWR5cZ3RS-320-80.jpg)
Cave thought to hold unicorn bones actually home to Neanderthal artwork
By Laura Geggel published
Archaeologists have unearthed a rare instance of Neanderthal-created art in a German cave once famous for its "unicorn bones."
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