anthropology

Archaeologists were affronted to discover that billionaires had sent ancient hominin bones up on a Virgin Galactic spaceflight.

Bone to Pick

"There’s no scientific merit in this."

Paleontologists Furious When Ancient Human Fossils Blasted to Space

It appears that one of our ancestral species had burial rituals that included the carving of symbols hundreds of thousands of years ago.

Sapien Suspects

"What we’ve uncovered forces us to rethink a whole set of assumptions about hominins and human evolution."

Pre-Human Species Carved Symbols More Than 200,000 Years Ago

It's been nearly 20 years since the bones of a Hobbit-like humanoid species were discovered — and according to one researcher, they may still be among us. 

Hidden Hominids

"These include reports of sightings by more than 30 eyewitnesses..."

Scientist Says There May Be a Species of Hobbit-Like Humanoids Hiding on an Island

A biological anthropology professor has written a book suggesting that it's not extraterrestrials piloting UFOs, but time-traveling humans from the future.

Future Historians

"I think the simplest explanation, innately, is that it is us."

Professor: UFOs May Be Time-Traveling Humans From the Future

As the world continues to heat up from climate change, tens of thousands of important archaeological sites throughout the Arctic will be destroyed.

I Don't Feel So Good

As the world heats up, history will rot away.

Climate Change Is Destroying Greenland's Historic Viking Towns

But that doesn't mean we shouldn't try.

It Is Impossible to Predict How Humans Will Evolve

Evidence of our ancient ancestors lives on in the ground, and now we can access it.

Scientists Can Now Extract Ancient Human DNA From 240,000-Year-Old Dirt

$1,000 buys you 1,000 languages.

Eternal Memory: You Can Now Wear 1,000 Languages Around Your Neck

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