More than 4,000 years ago, Egypt and Mesopotamia stood as two of the most complex societies on the planet. But the new DNA ...

Archaeologists have long thought that monumental architecture — large, human-built structures that emphasize visibility — ...

Leprosy’s tale stretches from 5,000-year-old skeletons in Eurasia to a startling 4,000-year-old case in Chile, revealing that ...

While laughter is often considered uniquely human, tied to language and sense of humor, all great apes produce remarkably ...

A groundbreaking study of 7,000-year-old exposed coral reef fossils reveals how human fishing has transformed Caribbean reef ...

Footprints found in the ancient lakebeds of White Sands may prove that humans lived in North America 23,000 years ago — much earlier than previously believed. A new study using radiocarbon-dated mud ...

The ancient Egyptian potter lived about 4,500 years ago. It's hoped his DNA will open the way to a better understanding of ...

The Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Cape Coast (UCC) has held its maiden public lecture with a call on Africans to prioritise internal unity as a foundation for the ...

Hansen’s disease, also known as leprosy, was long believed to be absent from the Americas prior to European contact. A new ...

The Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences at the U of A recently named the 2025 recipients of its annual outstanding teaching and research faculty awards, including: ...

A research team led by the University of the Basque Country has identified hundreds of molecular markers in saliva that could ...