Science ❯ Anthropology

Cultural Anthropology

Human Evolution Human Behavior Material Culture Human Migration Human Origins Hunter-Gatherer Societies Human Adaptation Artistic Expression Ritual Practices Archaeological Discoveries

Great Ape Laughter Shows Shared Beat Across Species

Researchers say a steady, evenly spaced laugh rhythm points to an ancestral pattern that may illuminate how vocal control evolved.

Great Apes' Laughter Shares a 15‑Million‑Year Rhythm

Study Pushes Repeated Hominin Fire Use at Wonderwerk Cave Back to 1.79 Million Years

Bipedalism and Brain Expansion Explain Why Most Humans Are Right‑Handed

Study Links Human Right-Handedness to Bipedalism and Brain Expansion

Study Ties Human Right-Handedness to Bipedalism and Bigger Brains

Ancient Tooth Proteins Hint at Links Between Chinese Homo Erectus and Denisovans

Potato Domestication Drove AMY1 Gene Surge in Indigenous Andeans

INAH Registers Monumental Maya Site 'El Jefeciño' With 80 Buildings

Study Recasts 12,000-Year-Old Plains Artifacts as the Earliest Dice

Study Finds 12,000-Year-Old Native American Dice That Upend the History of Chance

10,500-Year-Old Aurochs Skull on Pine Stake Suggests Ritual Display Near Northern Germany’s Oldest Known Grave

Templo Mayor Dig Yields 43 Mezcala Figures in Moctezuma I–Era Offering

Study of 5,500-Year-Old Gotland Graves Finds Co-Burials Were Often Extended Kin

Reexamined Neolithic Antler Headpiece Points to Shamanic Tradition in Central Germany

Mexico Unveils 1,400-Year-Old Zapotec Tomb With Owl Monument and Murals

First Afar Paranthropus Fossil Pushes Genus’ Range 1,000 Kilometers North

67,800-Year-Old Hand Stencil on Indonesia’s Muna Island Sets Oldest Cave Art Record

Rare HD Footage Shows Uncontacted Amazon Tribe in Peru

Major Review Finds Same-Sex Sexual Behavior Common in Primates, Linked to Social and Environmental Pressures