In the summer of 2020, an international team led by a University of Arizona archaeologist reported the discovery of the ...

Tools recovered from three sedimentary layers in Kenya show continuous tool use spanning from 2.75 to 2.44 million years ago in the face of environmental changes.

Dr. Marcy Morgan died September 28 of complications from Alzheimer’s disease. The linguistic anthropologist was 75.

Genetic tweaks allowed early humans to stand, balance and walk on two legs instead of moving on all fours like other primates, according to researchers.

Carvings uncovered in the Canadian Arctic may be the earliest portraits of the Vikings created in the Americas. But archaeologists have been puzzling over whether the artwork really shows the infamous ...

Humans evolved larger brains and flatter faces much faster than other apes, suggesting that intelligence shaped our skulls.

On Oct. 8, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation named Professor of International Security and Anthropology Ieva Jusionyte as a 2025 MacArthur Fellow. The fellowship, awarded yearly to ...

As a Peace Corps volunteer teaching English in Nigeria, Phillips Stevens witnessed an act of sorcery that blew his mind. A young boy at Stevens’ school had tried to put a curse on the opposing team in ...

From the human perspective, maggots are thoroughly disgusting, and when meat is infested with them it means it is spoiled and needs to be thrown away immediately. But according to one researcher, the ...

The tendency to use cannabis is associated with genes linked to impulsive behavior, obesity, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, among other traits, according to a study released Monday by researchers ...

The study followed more than 120,000 adults over 10 years. None of them had liver disease when the research began. Over time, scientists tracked what the participants drank and also assessed their ...