Anthropology News

Montreal - Newly released photos depict how ancient Egyptian mummies actually looked prior to death, even going so far as to give a detailed look at the "hair styles" of the day.

A new discovery in South Africa has turned up evidence that our ancestors had a grasp on how to use fire much earlier than previously thought.

A new study supports the hypothesis that interbreeding with modern humans contributed significantly to the disappearance of the Neanderthals.

Auckland - A study carried out on the diversity of speech units or phonemes in 504 languages around the world has concluded that human speech has a single origin located in central and southern Africa.

Lima - The first batch of archaeological pieces taken from the iconic pre-Columbian site known as Machu Picchu, and held “on loan” at Yale University, will return to Peru later this month after a century-long controversy about ownership.

Washington - Researchers from George Washington University and the Smithsonian Institute discovered sufficient evidence disproving the accepted theory that the extinction of the Neandertals was partly due to their diet.

Cleveland - Meet Lucy's great-grandfather Kadanuumuu, who was found in Ethiopia recently. Scientists say the early hominid skeleton confirms human-like walking is more ancient then we had previously known. Have we found another piece of the missing link?

J.R.R. Tolkien is considered by many to be the father of modern fantasy writing. His tales of middle earth, of hobbits, orcs, trolls, wizards, and men have become classic literature and best selling movies. Could there have actually been real hobbits?

This has some way to go before being called a definitive finding. Researchers have been studying the Hadza people in Tanzania, largely because their culture doesn’t practice birth control, so there is “no bias” in the figures.