Anthropology

Despite being home to the earliest signs of modern human behaviour, early evidence of burials in Africa are scarce and often ambiguous.

The first known case of a pregnant Ancient Egyptian mummy has been revealed by researchers from the Warsaw Mummy Project.

The lifestyle and eating habits of human groups that have lived for thousands of years can be examined by tooth.

An important Maya man buried nearly 1,300 years ago led a privileged yet difficult life. The man, a diplomat named Ajpach' Waal, suffered malnutrition or illness as a child, but as an adult he helped negotiate an alliance between two powerful dynasties that ultimately failed.

As far back as the Greek historian Herodotus, a group of people called the Scythians were considered highly mobile warrior nomads.

In previous research, ancient massacre sites found men who died while pitted in battle or discovered executions of targeted families.

Modern medical technology is helping scholars tell a more nuanced story about the fate of an ancient king whose violent death indirectly led to the reunification of Egypt in the 16th century BC. 

New analysis of a 20th Dynasty mummified individual reveals her rare mud carapace, according to a study by Karin Sowada from Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia, and colleagues.

Environmental pressures may have led humans to become more tolerant and friendly towards each other as the need to share food and raw materials became mutually beneficial, a new study suggests.

In Rome lies the Santi Apostoli church, cared for by Franciscan brothers for more than 500 years. For more than 1500 years, this site has held the believed remains of two of the earliest Christians and Jesu apostles: St. Philip and St. James the Younger - relics of the Holy Catholic Church.

Early Medieval Europe is frequently viewed as a time of cultural stagnation, often given the misnomer of the 'Dark Ages'. However, analysis has revealed new ideas could spread rapidly as communities were interconnected, creating a surprisingly unified culture in Europe.

To reach the Mariana Islands in the Western Pacific, humans crossed more than 2,000 kilometres of open ocean, and around 2,000 years earlier than any other sea travel over an equally long distance.