Ancient DNA has revealed that powerful Scythian families maintained their status across generations, reshaping what ...

Thanks to DNA, relatives of an American Revolutionary War soldier now know the name of their long-lost cousin who died in ...

Fourteen members of the University of Chicago faculty have received distinguished service professorships or named professorships.

New research challenges the notion that humans have the hardest childbirth among animals, revealing that many primates, ...

Biological anthropology is the subdiscipline of anthropology that investigates the origins and evolution of hominins. Techniques include both the analysis of fossils and the behaviour, morphology and ...

Analysis of ancient proteins extracted from the fossilized teeth of Homo naledi has revealed a startling new twist in the ongoing mystery of South Africa’s Rising Star cave system. Researchers have ...

The auction house, in Bangor, County Down, has two human heads listed for sale in an ongoing auction: the 3,000-year-old ...

In the past decade, (bio)archaeology has seen a revitalisation and interest in issues surrounding gender, sex, and sexuality. Theoretical critiques from ...

A Ball State professor was part of a study linking tooth enamel to human evolution, including shifts tied to meat-eating and ...

In Italy there is a famous popular saying that labels i “Vicentini magnagatti”. This expression, born from historical anecdotes and ...

These men have existed in the public imagination through paintings, legends, and descriptions written by admirers or enemies alike throughout the long course of history. Significant technological ...

A Glasgow auction house founded by TV presenter Anita Manning has been criticised for offering human remains for sale. Human bones, including a skull, were due to go under the hammer on Friday, but ...