Tag: Anthropology
New dates refine the age of La Ferrassie 1
Ancient proteins and radiocarbon dating clarify when a famous Neandertal skeleton lived and died
Hani marriage tokens shift from objects to symbols
How Hani marriage tokens transform everyday objects into symbols of cultural meaning
Mauritius preserved Indian indenture-era cultural traditions
How Indian indentured laborers preserved their culture in Mauritius from 1834 onward
Aurignacian signs were deliberate and conventional
Ancient geometric markings show patterns consistent with symbolic communication systems
Neanderthal and modern human interbreeding was strongly sex biased
Male Neanderthals preferentially mated with female modern humans
Human remains in Heaning Wood Bone Cave span three prehistoric phases
Northern Britain's oldest known human remains reveal patterns of prehistoric cave burial
Ancient and modern genomes show Neolithic paternal expansions
Ancient DNA shows how Neolithic farmers spread paternal lineages from China across Southeast Asia
Poison traces found on 60,000-year-old Southern African microliths
Ancient hunters used toxic plant alkaloids on stone arrowheads 60,000 years ago
