Neolithic cemeteries in China reveal matrilineal societies, challenging traditional assumptions about early human societies.

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In a quiet corner of eastern China, nestled between the Tai-Yi Mountains and the Bohai Sea, a discovery has upended ...

Archaeologists have unearthed a lost city in Peru that thrived 3,500 years ago, likely as a potential contemporary of early human societies such as the ancient Egyptian and Sumerian civilisations of ...

Whether early human societies were organized around maternal or paternal descent remains a central, yet unresolved, question in archaeology and anthropology 1, 2.

Early Farming Societies Forged Bonds with Ancient Dogs in the Americas Learn how ancient dogs followed the earliest farmers in Central and South America, and find out why their original lineage is ...

For centuries, humans have lived underground. Today, that ancient practice is under dire threat—even as cave life makes more ...

Ever wondered what the world looked like when Homo sapiens first roamed the Earth? In this video, we journey through time to ...

The discovery of 5,300-year-old settlement in Gujarat's Lakhapar village indicates cultural interactions, not only with ...

A new DNA model suggests humans didn't reach Australia until 50,000 years ago, but archaeological data disagrees.