8+ hour, 54+ min ago  (639+ words) Observing how chimps interact with crystals may help us understand why our ancestors started collecting them thousands of years ago and why we still do today. Crystal shops popping up on every corner show that surrounding ourselves with beautiful-looking rocks…...

16+ hour, 5+ min ago  (541+ words) Learn how microscopic food traces in ancient pottery reveal the varied ingredients of prehistoric European cuisine. In a study published in PLOS One, archaeobotanists from the University of York examined organic residues preserved on pottery fragments from archaeological sites across…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (475+ words) Learn how Permian-era fossils from Brazil led researchers to a tetrapod with a twisted jaw from a lineage once thought extinct. In a dry riverbed in northern Brazil, paleontologists kept finding the same strange bone. Each was about six inches…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago  (592+ words) Learn how newly discovered Purgatorius fossils in Colorado's Denver Basin are filling gaps in the Paleocene fossil record and clarifying early primate evolution after the dinosaur extinction. Hours into washing sediment from Colorado's Denver Basin, the trays looked much like…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago  (434+ words) Learn more about human skull shape and how it has changed over millions of years. When a child is born, their brain is only a fraction of the size that it will one day grow to be. As many caretakers…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago  (345+ words) Learn how a combination of archaeology and anthropology helped reveal hidden insights into the diet and culture of prehistoric Europeans. What people eat can reveal far more than what they prefer to have on the menu. New research tracing the…...

5+ day, 12+ hour ago  (715+ words) Learn more about Zelia Nuttall, a self-taught scholar who helped uncover many Mesoamerican artifacts. When there's a will, there's a way. And for Zelia Nuttall, a lack of a college education and a professorship were not going to stand in…...

6+ day, 7+ hour ago  (526+ words) Learn how sex-biased interbreeding between Neanderthals and modern humans explains why Neanderthal DNA is largely missing from the X chromosome. When Neanderthals and modern humans met tens of thousands of years ago, they left behind a genetic legacy that most…...

6+ day, 13+ hour ago  (547+ words) Learn more about the Old Irish Goat, Ireland's only indigenous breed that traces its roots back to the Late Bronze Age. In the wilds of Ireland live a fascinating yet dwindling breed of goats known as Old Irish Goats. The…...

1+ week, 12+ hour ago  (474+ words) Learn about the clothing worn by the dead at Stone Age cemeteries in Sweden, showing how animal furs and feathers were used in burials. Stone Age graves often carry remarkable finds, like symbolic objects and clothing bestowed on the dead....