progscrape: anthropology

Human evolution was driven by early humans’ ability to be clever and humorous, the “survival of the wittiest.” The analysis argues that the earliest stages of grammar provided a platform for verbal competition and sexual selection, gradually replacing physical violence with verbal agility.

19 hours ago psypost.org anthropology

New research suggests that no matter what we eventually determine the last common ancestor of humans and chimpanzees to be, we’ll learn it was a primate that climbed trees

6 days ago news.osu.edu anthropology

Why it might be time to rethink the human family tree

5 days ago theconversation.com anthropology

Unravelling the climate behind the collapse of Bronze Age civilizations

29 days ago su.se anthropology

Sacrificed Inca children died very differently than we thought

31 days ago yahoo.com anthropology

Chilean mummies reveal a lost lineage of smallpox

24 days ago scientificamerican.com anthropology

The lost golden age of language diversity: Tens of thousands of languages may have existed between 1,000 and 3,000 years ago - and their decline began well before European colonial expansion

29 days ago mpg.de anthropology

Humanity spoke tens of thousands of languages at the dawn of farming - now many of them are lost

30 days ago nature.com anthropology

A new skull-based analysis of Neanderthal brains suggests that these ancient hominins’ range of intelligence largely overlapped with our own

35 days ago scientificamerican.com anthropology

Scientists Uncover Hundreds of Hidden Structures Beneath The Amazon

26 days ago sciencealert.com amazon anthropology

Mathematical models suggest high rates of cannibalism in a population can reduce its growth and increase extinction risk, making it a pretty bad idea all round.

46 days ago refractor.io anthropology

First Ancient DNA Analysis of the Iron Age Golden Man Suggests Elite Status Was Passed Down Through Family Lines

40 days ago discovermagazine.com anthropology

Taphonomic analysis reveals behavioral & tech capabilities of Homo floresiensis

51 days ago science.org anthropology

A common culture of cave dwellers

47 days ago kyoto-u.ac.jp anthropology

Evolutionary shifts in spike glycan-binding specificity suggest a possible association with host adaptation during SARS-CoV-2 Omicron evolution

52 days ago jxiv.jst.go.jp anthropology

In Over 35 Years of Economic Growth, China’s Youth Have Grown Taller, and Fatter

44 days ago caixinglobal.com anthropology china economic

Archaeologists uncover 3,000-year-old tomb near Egypt's Luxor

39 days ago cbsnews.com anthropology

Human Childbirth May Not Be Uniquely Difficult, as Some Squirrel Monkey Babies Have Heads Nearly Twice the Size of Their Mothers' Pelvic Space

55 days ago discovermagazine.com anthropology

82 Viking Workshop Huts Found Near Aarhus May Have Supplied a Major Trading City

57 days ago discovermagazine.com anthropology

Human Ancestors Were Using Fire Earlier Than Previously Thought. New research is pushing back the clock 700,000 years

2 months ago nautil.us anthropology

The oldest known plague outbreak struck hunter-gatherers 5,500 years ago

2 months ago sciencenews.org anthropology

Iron Age woman likely had her brains scooped out before burial, study suggests

2 months ago cnn.com anthropology

Researchers have discovered dozens of 7,000-year-old headless human skeletons in southwestern Slovakia

2 months ago yahoo.com anthropology

Analysis of oxygen isotopes in shells collected by Neanderthals 115,000 years ago indicates that shellfish harvesting occurred year-round but was concentrated in late autumn, winter, and early spring, suggesting seasonal resource planning and risk-management strategies.

2 months ago pnas.org anthropology

Ancient human DNA preservation on cave walls and in rock art

2 months ago mpg.de anthropology art

The Last Neanderthals Weren’t the Genetic Disasters We Thought

2 months ago nature.com anthropology genetics

Yeast has been growing in the guts of frozen mummy called Oetzi the Iceman for thousands of years, scientists have discovered, telling AFP they used it to make a sourdough bread and publishing their findings in Springer Nature's Microbiome journal.

2 months ago uk.news.yahoo.com anthropology

This sticky substance could be a rare example of Neanderthal medicine

2 months ago refractor.io anthropology

a robot is using online more than a human.

2 months ago google.com anthropology

Cousins of early humans may have evolved distinct styles of walking upright