If modern humans migrated as small bands, then the populations that broke off from their original African family should progressively accumulate slightly harmful mutations.
the Cantabria government contemplates auctioning off the ticket to the UNESCO site. Some say that this means the cave would be open only to the highest bidders.
This appointment, effective as of 1 March 2016, is the result of a procedure aimed at attracting international candidacies, which lasted almost a year and to which 82 candidates responded.
The carcass of a frozen mammoth with signs of weapon-inflicted injuries suggests humans were present in the Eurasian Arctic ten millennia earlier than previously thought.
Research into modern-day forensic analysis of child-abuse victims can be used to shed light on how children of earlier cultures were treated, anthropologists say.
Large ornamental structures in dinosaurs, such as horns and head crests are likely to have been used in sexual displays and to assert social dominance.
Paintings and drawings by the painter Jamal inspired by the Silk Road, the emblematic commercial road which connected China with the West for centuries, in an exhibition organized by the Benaki Museum.
While surveying the remains of a medieval bridge leading to Ostrów Lednicki, an island in Lake Lednica, Polish archaeologists discovered a large, wicker fish trap.
Archaeologists will soon have access to new digital tools for reassembly and erosion, while advances in predictive scanning could open up new market opportunities.
The ancient bereavement practices from the the Central Apulian region in pre-Roman Italy helps shed light on economic and social mobility, military service and even drinking customs.
Scientists discover Helicobacter pylori in the contents of Otzi's stomach -- along with some unexpected insights into the coexistence of man and bacterium.
This volume contains the proceedings of the conference "Mycenaeans up to date: The archaeology of the north-eastern Peloponnese—current concepts and new directions".