Tag: Denisovans
Stone tool discovery in China shows people in East Asia were...
Ben Marwick, University of Washington
New technologies today often involve electronic devices that are smaller and smarter than before....
Our Homo sapiens ancestors shared the world with Neanderthals, Denisovans and...
Joshua Akey, Princeton University
When the first modern humans arose in East Africa sometime between 200,000 and 300,000 years...
What’s next for ancient DNA studies after Nobel Prize honors groundbreaking...
Mary Prendergast, Rice University
For the first time, a Nobel Prize recognized the field of anthropology, the study of...
Archaeological discoveries are happening faster than ever before, helping refine the...
Elizabeth Sawchuk, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York) and Mary Prendergast, Saint Louis University – Madrid
In 1924, a 3-year-old child’s skull...
EXPLORING NATURE
Sea level doesn’t rise at the same rate everywhere – we...
Shaina Sadai, Five College Consortium and Ambarish Karmalkar, University of Rhode Island
When polar ice sheets melt, the effects...
