17+ hour, 59+ min ago   (100+ words) NOTE: While reading my first academic book on Ancient Egypt, I felt the urge to write a sort of poem reflecting how I daydream within this realm. Here, this is my …...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (678+ words) Researchers studying fallen Huashan rock art fragments found a lime-and-blood binder around red pigment. The possible link to childbirth remains an interpretation, not chemical proof. How did the Huashan rock art survive for roughly 2,000 years on limestone cliffs exposed to…...

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2+ day, 8+ hour ago   (1114+ words) A new study shows that modern humans (Homo sapiens) inherited DNA from two previously unidentified extinct populations for which there is currently no known fossil evidence. The remarkable discovery was made possible by the ability of scientists to identify complete…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (473+ words) In China, five Denisovan remains have been confirmed on the basis of ancient proteins, including the first known fragment of their radius. The discovery suggests that Denisovans lived in south-western China approximately 167,000–134,000 years ago. In the Bianfu Cave in the…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (563+ words) The tooth shapes were then cross-referenced against known Denisovan specimens from Siberia, Tibet, and Laos, and matched closely. "As soon as he saw a picture of the tooth, 'I immediately assumed that they were probably Denisovan,'" said Clément Zanolli, a…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (1287+ words) Ancient DNA suggests Rome’s fall reshaped Europe through gradual migration and intermarriage, not a sudden barbarian takeover....

2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (750+ words) Home → Science → Anthropology New fossils, tools and butchered bones put an elusive human lineage into everyday life. The fossil is only about 4.5 centimeters long, a broken piece of the radius near the elbow. But for scientists trying to reconstruct the…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (659+ words) In the late 1800s anthropological scholarship was reserved primarily for east coast establishments such as the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard’s Peabody Museum. But that would soon change, and the University of Utah would play an important role in the discipline’s…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (1056+ words) By Brittany Britto Garley September 10, 2026 As a food writer, I’ve been to a lot of dinners—fancy galas, Michelin-starred tasting menus with pristine presentations, hole-in-the-wall spots where flavorful piles of food are packed in foam containers. None of them compare…...