Mushrooms may not be the first food that comes to mind when we imagine the diets of wild primates – or our early human ancestors. We tend to think of fruits and green leaves as the preferred foods for ...

A well-known Maya stone carving known as Altar Q, located at the site of Copán in Honduras, may use hand signs to represent key dates in the Maya Long Count Calendar, a new study claims.

A recent study dramatically pushes back the date for the emergence of our species, though some researchers call for further evidence ...

"Black and grey mandala-style leg tattoo with intricate geometric patterns – by Old Crow Tattoo and Art Gallery."Old Crow Tattoo and Art Gallery partners with the UC Berkeley anthropology department ...

The findings have the potential to resolve the longstanding "Muddle in the Middle" of human evolution, researchers said.

Forget ‘paleo’ diets or exercise routines, the most important thing our ancestors can teach us about healthy aging is totally different.

A cross-disciplinary team of WashU researchers has received a five-year $3.6 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to expand its work studying the human health effects of flooding ...

UCLA researchers have uncovered a link between "morning sickness" symptoms and the body's natural, but complex, inflammatory response to biological and bodily changes during pregnancy.

A new study combining archaeological and genetic research offers fresh insights into social organization and population dynamics in the Late Bronze Age (approximately 1500 to 1000 BCE). Conducted by ...

Leipzig University, the Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science, and the Leipzig-based Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology are further strengthening their cooperation in ...

A digital reconstruction of a million-year-old skull suggests humans may have diverged from our ancient ancestors 400,000 years earlier than thought and in Asia not Africa, a study said Friday.