Sheep shaped human history for 12,000 years. Scientists traced their migration, domestication, and genetic evolution.

Women were at the centre of early Iron Age British communities, a new analysis of 2,000-year-old DNA reveals. The research, published in the journal Nature on Wednesday, found that British Celtic ...

How do we organize elements in a system? One way is through the lens of hierarchy, which presupposes levels, a top-down ...

Sediment cores from the Aegean Sea reveal that human-driven lead contamination began 5,200 years ago—much earlier than expected. This pollution is tied to shifts in economy and land use, culminating ...

A new study demonstrates that certain incised stone artifacts from the Levantine Middle Paleolithic, specifically from Manot, ...

africanus with those of other extinct mammals from Sterkfontein and modern African mammals, the early humans appear to have ... our parent organization, the Society for Science, need your help ...

Lead pollution started peaking when the Romans took over the Aegean coastline.

These highlighted the intentionality behind the engravings, shedding new light on the cognitive and cultural complexity of early human societies. Traditionally, such markings were mostly thought ...

New study demonstrates that certain incised stone artefacts from the Levantine Middle Palaeolithic, specifically from Manot, ...

indicating advanced cognitive and symbolic behavior among early humans. In contrast, artifacts from Amud Cave, with shallow and unpatterned incisions, are consistent with functional use.