Evidence of Homo erectus hunting bovine ancestors and extracting bone marrow was also discovered. During the glacial period that chilled the Earth 140,000 years ago, sea levels in the Indonesian ...

These human ancestors would have had plenty to take advantage of near these ancient rivers. Trees bore fruit all year, and the ancient hominins would have been able to gather edible plants in ...

This artist rendering shows hands of early human ancestors, called Australopithecus sediba and Homo naledi, found in South Africa. The left images show photos of the bones, and the right images ...

Imagine being denied the ability to lay your family members to rest or to even access their sacred objects, prized possessions and religious relics. We wouldn’t wish this on anyone, but it is ...

A new exhibit in Boston called the Family Heritage Experience opened in April 2025. Exhibit will "inspire people to learn their origin story—ask who their ancestors were, what kind of lives they ...

American Ancestors Takes Over Harvard Descendant Research After Layoffs Since January, the genealogical nonprofit American Ancestors has led the effort to identify the descendants of people ...

An ancient jawbone discovered in Taiwan belonged to an enigmatic group of early human ancestors called Denisovans, scientists reported Thursday. Relatively little is known about Denisovans ...

Fern Cloud is a Native American artist who shares her peoples' stories by preserving the way her ancestors told them: through hide painting. “My passion, I guess, is to preserve what our ...

Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has worked in the fields of neuroscience research and mental health treatment. Katy is Managing Editor at ...

I came across an article claiming that 8 or 9 million year old fossils in Greece suggest that human ancestors evolved in Europe and not in Africa. There is a possibility, but as of this point in ...

This family is one of the most diverse among marine teleosts and occurs in tropical, sub-tropical, and temperate regions of all the major oceans (Nelson, 1994). The taxonomy of damselfishes is ...

She speaks English and a little French. A study on the teeth of ancestors to humans that lived around 3.5 million years ago has found they were mostly or totally vegetarian. The consumption of ...