Anthropology at Chicago’ pairs faculty conversations with archival research for College students as department approaches its ...

A partial skeleton dating back more than two million years is the most complete yet of Homo habilis, one of the earliest ...

Researchers from several European institutions, led by scientists from the University of Barcelona and the University of ...

Despite being one of the most cooperative species on the planet, humans routinely fail to manage shared resources sustainably ...

A surprising new study has found that blocking reproduction in some mammals may increase their life expectancy by an average ...

A team of international researchers has discovered that the diet of Scythians, groups of people living in what is now Ukraine during the Ice Age, drank milk from various ruminants, including horses.

Clinical NHS practices to dispose of pregnancy remains following an early-stage miscarriage (first trimester) appear at odds ...

The origins of whaling are highly debated. Now, some of the earliest signs of active whale hunting have appeared somewhere ...

During pregnancy, maternal and fetal cells migrate back and forth across the placenta, with fetal cells entering the mother's ...

During pregnancy, maternal and fetal cells migrate back and forth across the placenta, with fetal cells entering the mother's bloodstream and tissues. They can settle in maternal organs such as the ...

A previously unknown strain of syphilis bacteria has been discovered in human remains in Colombia, dating back 5,500 years.

As animals go about their lives ― eating, fighting, having babies ― they don’t always follow the script laid out for them by ...