Our prehistoric ancestors are 'suddenly a lot closer' Justice Department publishes missing Epstein files involving uncorroborated claim about Trump The Democrats who voted against the War Powers ...

A study published in the journal PLOS One reveals that Neolithic hunter-gatherer communities combined a wide variety of vegetables with animal products in their culinary preparations, challenging ...

A new study of ancient pottery adds to evidence that hunter-gatherers in Europe ate more than meat and developed early elements of cuisine. Wild herbs and other plants appear to have been an important ...

A study of ancient human DNA from a wetland region in Belgium, western Germany, and the Netherlands yielded surprising information about early British history. Hunter-gatherer genes were prevalent in ...

Martin B. Richards has received funding from The Leverhulme Trust’s Doctoral Scholarship scheme. Maria Pala has received funding from The Leverhulme Trust’s Doctoral Scholarship scheme. When ancient ...

Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has previously worked in the fields of psychedelic neuroscience and mental health. Benjamin holds a Master's degree ...

Long before agriculture, humans were transforming Europe’s wild landscapes. Advanced simulations show that hunting and fire use by Neanderthals and Mesolithic hunter-gatherers reshaped forests and ...

A new study has used ancient DNA to reveal that hunter-gatherers in Belgium, the Netherlands and nearby parts of Germany adapted to farming thousands of years later than elsewhere in Europe. It has ...

A western European ‘water world’ was a holdout for hunter-gatherers for thousands of years. Ancient inhabitants of the Rhine–Meuse river delta — wetland, riverine and coastal areas of modern-day ...

Hunter-gatherers like the Hadza of Tanzania are famous for their egalitarianism. A resource redistribution experiment conducted with the Hadza suggests many tolerate inequality—as long as it benefits ...

Fortified settlements in western Siberia date back nearly 8,000 years, challenging assumptions that only farming societies built permanent defenses. The site shows complex planning by hunter-gatherer ...

Western European hunter-gatherer DNA (WHG) has a link to Italians who live to be at least a hundred. While Italians have more ancient DNA than just WHG, it is the only component of their DNA that has ...