Are the descriptions of war passed down by ancient historians accurate? A site in Sicily provided a rare chance to fact-check stories told about two battles from more than 2,400 years ago.
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We’re the only species that can throw at speeds that kill.
New research models how the Homo floresiensis species could have evolved its small size remarkably quickly while living on an isolated island.
An anthropologist works in American Samoa, taking advantage of the island’s longstanding tattoo culture to tease out the effects tattoos have on the body’s immune function.
Ancient DNA allows scientists to learn directly from the remains of people from the past. As this new field takes off, researchers are figuring out how to ethically work with ancient samples and each other.
If an undocumented migrant is a minor or an adult can have far-reaching implications. A forensic anthropologist explains why relying solely on dental X-rays to determine age doesn’t work.
Are DNA samples today’s version of the human skeletons that hung in 20th-century natural history museums? They can provide genetic revelations about our species’ history – but at an ethical price.
New discoveries are changing archaeologists’ ideas about the origins of our own species and our migration out of Africa. This fossil pushes Homo sapiens’ African exodus date back by 50,000 years.
How a research team identified parasites in ‘hygiene sticks’ that travellers on the Silk Road effectively used as their toilet paper.
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Affiliated Lecturer in Biological Anthropology, University of Cambridge
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Associate Professor of Anthropology, Binghamton University, State University of New York
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Associate Research Professor of Anthropology, University of Colorado Denver
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Associate Professor of Anthropology, Binghamton University, State University of New York
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Professor of Biology, Grand Valley State University
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Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Alabama
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Banting Postdoctoral Fellow and Adjunct Professor of Anthropology, University of Alberta
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Associate Professor of Anthropology, Rice University
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Professor of Ecology and Evolution, Universidade Federal de Goias
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Associate Professor of Paleontology and Paleoecology, University of Naples Federico II
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