最新麻豆视频 - Humans / /build/images/ns-logo-scaled.ed2dc11a.png daily 1 /article/2478118-humans-evolved-to-survive-mild-burns-at-the-expense-of-severe-ones/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=humans Mon, 28 Apr 2025 13:29:18 +0100 Early humans had almost no hope of surviving severe burns, so evolution may have prioritised the selection of genes that heal mild ones, which could be affecting modern medicine 2478118-humans-evolved-to-survive-mild-burns-at-the-expense-of-severe-ones|2478118 /article/2477749-ancient-camp-shows-how-humans-adapted-to-extreme-cold-in-europe/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=humans Fri, 25 Apr 2025 09:00:41 +0100 An Austrian site occupied by humans from around 24,000 to 20,000 years ago documents a switch towards hunting reindeer for their fur, which may have helped people to endure harsh winters during the last glacial period 2477749-ancient-camp-shows-how-humans-adapted-to-extreme-cold-in-europe|2477749 /article/2477711-first-evidence-of-gladiator-fight-with-lion-seen-in-roman-era-skeleton/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=humans Wed, 23 Apr 2025 20:00:30 +0100 A man who lived in Roman-occupied Britain was bitten by a big cat, probably in a gladiator arena, an analysis of his remains has revealed 2477711-first-evidence-of-gladiator-fight-with-lion-seen-in-roman-era-skeleton|2477711 /article/mg26635400-400-an-elegant-account-of-how-one-ancient-language-went-global/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=humans Wed, 23 Apr 2025 19:00:00 +0100 Hunting the origin of 40 per cent of the languages spoken today is a huge feat, but Laura Spinney's new book makes an excellent job of it mg26635400-400-an-elegant-account-of-how-one-ancient-language-went-global|2477131 /article/2477096-excavation-in-sudan-shows-roman-empire-wasnt-as-mighty-as-it-claimed/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=humans Thu, 17 Apr 2025 17:00:27 +0100 When Roman Egypt came under attack from the Kushites in what is now Sudan, the Roman forces responded by destroying a Kushite city 鈥� or so we thought 2477096-excavation-in-sudan-shows-roman-empire-wasnt-as-mighty-as-it-claimed|2477096 /article/2476675-ancient-computers-gears-may-not-have-been-able-to-turn/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=humans Thu, 17 Apr 2025 09:00:00 +0100 The 2000-year-old Antikythera mechanism may have been a kind of astronomical calculator, but researchers are unsure whether it would have worked without jamming 2476675-ancient-computers-gears-may-not-have-been-able-to-turn|2476675 /article/2476849-iron-age-site-was-a-purple-dye-factory-for-centuries/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=humans Wed, 16 Apr 2025 20:00:43 +0100 Beginning around 3000 years ago, Tel Shiqmona in modern-day Israel was a major centre for the production of Tyrian purple, a valuable commodity produced from marine snails 2476849-iron-age-site-was-a-purple-dye-factory-for-centuries|2476849 /article/2476517-drought-may-have-sped-the-demise-of-rapa-nui-sculpture-culture/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=humans Tue, 15 Apr 2025 19:00:02 +0100 A decades-long stretch of extremely low precipitation in the 1500s may have spurred cultural changes among the Rapa Nui people that reduced time spent building statues, but not all archaeologists agree 2476517-drought-may-have-sped-the-demise-of-rapa-nui-sculpture-culture|2476517 /article/2476277-bronze-naval-ram-from-roman-battle-recreated-using-ancient-techniques/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=humans Fri, 11 Apr 2025 17:00:33 +0100 Roman ships equipped with bronze rams sank dozens of Carthaginian ships during a major naval battle in 241 BCE 鈥� now we know how the rams were made 2476277-bronze-naval-ram-from-roman-battle-recreated-using-ancient-techniques|2476277 /article/2475938-denisovan-fossil-from-taiwan-gives-clue-to-mysterious-ancient-humans/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=humans Thu, 10 Apr 2025 20:00:14 +0100 A fossil jawbone found by fishers in the Taiwan Strait has extended the known range of ancient Denisovan people thousands of kilometres to the east 2475938-denisovan-fossil-from-taiwan-gives-clue-to-mysterious-ancient-humans|2475938 /article/2475846-archaeologists-uncover-settlement-from-golden-age-of-ancient-egypt/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=humans Thu, 10 Apr 2025 13:00:03 +0100 A newly discovered settlement in the north-western Nile delta was built by the Egyptian New Kingdom perhaps 3500 years ago and included a temple dedicated to pharaoh Ramesses II 2475846-archaeologists-uncover-settlement-from-golden-age-of-ancient-egypt|2475846 /article/mg26635383-700-gripping-story-reveals-race-to-crack-worlds-oldest-script-cuneiform/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=humans Wed, 09 Apr 2025 19:00:00 +0100 Cuneiform, the oldest identified writing system, defied deciphering 鈥� until 1857. What happened then makes a terrific read, in Joshua Hammer's The Mesopotamian Riddle mg26635383-700-gripping-story-reveals-race-to-crack-worlds-oldest-script-cuneiform|2475510 /article/2475454-the-hunt-for-the-birthplace-of-indo-european-languages/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=humans Tue, 08 Apr 2025 19:00:14 +0100 It鈥檚 incredibly tricky to pin down the origin of the language that led to the words spoken everywhere between Spain and India 鈥� and it鈥檒l be even harder to be sure we鈥檝e got it right 2475454-the-hunt-for-the-birthplace-of-indo-european-languages|2475454 /video/2475481-how-mudlarks-are-uncovering-thousands-of-years-of-londons-history/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=humans Tue, 08 Apr 2025 18:34:50 +0100 Mudlarking, once a trade of the Victorian poor, has evolved into a modern-day hobby that captivates everyday Londoners and history enthusiasts. What began as a desperate means of survival, scouring the Thames foreshore for anything of value, has become a way to connect with the city鈥檚 deep and layered past. In London Museum鈥檚 new exhibition, … 2475481-how-mudlarks-are-uncovering-thousands-of-years-of-londons-history|2475481 /article/2473905-unusually-tiny-hominin-deepens-mystery-of-our-paranthropus-cousin/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=humans Mon, 31 Mar 2025 11:40:58 +0100 Paranthropus was an ape-like hominin that survived alongside early humans for more than a million years. A fossilised leg belonging to a strikingly small member of the group raises questions about how it did so 2473905-unusually-tiny-hominin-deepens-mystery-of-our-paranthropus-cousin|2473905 /article/2475019-mammoth-tusk-flakes-may-be-the-oldest-ivory-objects-made-by-humans/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=humans Thu, 03 Apr 2025 19:00:52 +0100 Ancient humans living in what is now Ukraine 400,000 years ago may have practised or taught tool-making techniques using mammoth tusks, a softer material than bone 2475019-mammoth-tusk-flakes-may-be-the-oldest-ivory-objects-made-by-humans|2475019 /article/mg26635373-700-our-drive-for-adventure-and-challenge-has-ancient-origins/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=humans Wed, 02 Apr 2025 19:00:00 +0100 Why are some people drawn towards exploration and challenge 鈥� even to the point of extreme danger? Alex Hutchinson's bracing new book unpicks the complex reasons mg26635373-700-our-drive-for-adventure-and-challenge-has-ancient-origins|2474487 /article/mg26535360-300-a-controversial-book-about-human-diversity-shows-how-biology-unites-us/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=humans Wed, 26 Mar 2025 18:00:00 +0000 From race and IQ to sex and gender, Herman Pontzer's new book Adaptable is an ambitious and enjoyable exploration of how understanding ourselves better can help us bridge divides mg26535360-300-a-controversial-book-about-human-diversity-shows-how-biology-unites-us|2473206 /article/2473095-relics-in-tutankhamuns-tomb-hint-he-invented-elaborate-burial-rites/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=humans Fri, 21 Mar 2025 09:00:59 +0000 Tutankhamun ruled ancient Egypt shortly after a period of religious instability, and objects from his tomb suggest he took advantage to invent new funerary rituals 2473095-relics-in-tutankhamuns-tomb-hint-he-invented-elaborate-burial-rites|2473095 /article/2473159-a-radical-new-idea-for-how-our-ancestors-invented-stone-tools/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=humans Fri, 21 Mar 2025 11:00:38 +0000 Stone tools are considered the first form of technology devised by ancient humans 鈥� but they might not have been invented from scratch 2473159-a-radical-new-idea-for-how-our-ancestors-invented-stone-tools|2473159 /article/mg26535351-800-ancient-clay-tablets-offer-vivid-portrait-of-mesopotamian-life/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=humans Wed, 19 Mar 2025 18:00:00 +0000 When a vast library of texts amassed by Mesopotamian King Ashurbanipal was burned to the ground about 2700 years ago, the clay tablets were preserved by the heat. Selena Wisnom's new book reveals more mg26535351-800-ancient-clay-tablets-offer-vivid-portrait-of-mesopotamian-life|2472484 /article/2472409-surprising-skeletons-prompt-a-radical-rethink-of-egyptian-pyramids/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=humans Tue, 18 Mar 2025 11:00:18 +0000 For years, Egyptologists have assumed pyramid tombs were just for the rich 鈥� but the burials at a site called Tombos don鈥檛 fit this pattern 2472409-surprising-skeletons-prompt-a-radical-rethink-of-egyptian-pyramids|2472409 /article/2472604-have-we-vastly-underestimated-the-total-number-of-people-on-earth/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=humans Tue, 18 Mar 2025 10:00:12 +0000 A new way of estimating rural populations has found that we may be undercounting people who live in these areas, potentially inflating the global population beyond the official count of 8.2 billion 鈥� but not everyone agrees 2472604-have-we-vastly-underestimated-the-total-number-of-people-on-earth|2472604 /article/mg26535340-600-the-epic-scientific-quest-to-reveal-what-makes-folktales-so-compelling/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=humans Tue, 11 Mar 2025 16:00:00 +0000 Linguists, psychologists and experts in cultural evolution are discovering why we tell stories, how ancient the oldest ones are and why some tales run and run mg26535340-600-the-epic-scientific-quest-to-reveal-what-makes-folktales-so-compelling|2471253 /article/2471940-ancient-humans-lived-in-an-uninhabitable-climate-25000-years-ago/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=humans Thu, 13 Mar 2025 15:00:29 +0000 Bones dating back 25,000 years suggest that humans lived in extremely icy conditions in Tibet, which were previously thought to be uninhabitable 2471940-ancient-humans-lived-in-an-uninhabitable-climate-25000-years-ago|2471940 /article/mg26535340-100-are-we-really-doomed-an-entertaining-guide-to-humanitys-extinction/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=humans Wed, 12 Mar 2025 18:00:00 +0000 Few people could write so genially, even humorously, about our existential crisis. Henry Gee can, in his excellent new book The Decline and Fall of the Human Empire mg26535340-100-are-we-really-doomed-an-entertaining-guide-to-humanitys-extinction|2471237 /article/2471861-ancient-face-bones-offer-clues-to-identity-of-early-humans-in-europe/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=humans Wed, 12 Mar 2025 16:00:51 +0000 Bone fragments from a cave in northern Spain suggest there were multiple hominin species living in western Europe around a million years ago 2471861-ancient-face-bones-offer-clues-to-identity-of-early-humans-in-europe|2471861 /article/2471540-the-biggest-coincidence-in-human-evolution/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=humans Tue, 11 Mar 2025 17:00:07 +0000 Farming arose on multiple continents among populations with radically different cultures and environments and with no means of communicating with each other 鈥� how did it crop up independently at about the same time? 2471540-the-biggest-coincidence-in-human-evolution|2471540 /article/2470951-ancient-humans-used-bone-tools-a-million-years-earlier-than-we-thought/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=humans Wed, 05 Mar 2025 16:00:01 +0000 Hominins may have learned how to make bone tools by adapting the techniques they mastered for stone ones 2470951-ancient-humans-used-bone-tools-a-million-years-earlier-than-we-thought|2470951 /article/2470490-ancient-ancestor-of-the-plague-discovered-in-bronze-age-sheep/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=humans Mon, 03 Mar 2025 14:00:15 +0000 The DNA of Yersinia pestis bacteria has been found in a Bronze Age sheep, offering a clue to how the plague may have spread through prehistoric farming communities 2470490-ancient-ancestor-of-the-plague-discovered-in-bronze-age-sheep|2470490 /article/mg26535320-500-from-doomy-prophecies-to-epic-dystopias-we-are-suckers-for-end-times/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=humans Wed, 26 Feb 2025 18:00:00 +0000 Despite facing real existential threats like climate change, we remain too fascinated by the end of the world, argues a new book mg26535320-500-from-doomy-prophecies-to-epic-dystopias-we-are-suckers-for-end-times|2469483 /article/2469798-a-mans-brain-was-turned-into-glass-by-the-eruption-of-vesuvius/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=humans Thu, 27 Feb 2025 16:00:25 +0000 A cloud of super-heated volcanic ash and gas exploded the brain of one Herculaneum resident and the fragments inside his skull became an extremely rare organic glass 2469798-a-mans-brain-was-turned-into-glass-by-the-eruption-of-vesuvius|2469798 /article/2469891-humans-were-living-in-tropical-forests-surprisingly-early/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=humans Wed, 26 Feb 2025 16:00:34 +0000 By far the oldest evidence of humans living in dense forests comes from a site in Ivory Coast, where stone tools and plant remains reveal a human presence stretching back 150,000 years 2469891-humans-were-living-in-tropical-forests-surprisingly-early|2469891 /article/2469676-when-did-people-start-building-houses-with-corners/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=humans Tue, 25 Feb 2025 08:00:44 +0000 Around the world, the earliest buildings are typically round while later ones are rectangular 鈥� but 12,000-year-old buildings with corners don鈥檛 fit the pattern 2469676-when-did-people-start-building-houses-with-corners|2469676 /article/2469565-ancient-hunters-may-have-used-throwing-spears-300000-years-ago/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=humans Mon, 24 Feb 2025 18:00:16 +0000 Preserved wooden spears from hundreds of thousands of years ago seem to have been suitable for throwing, not just close-range attacks 2469565-ancient-hunters-may-have-used-throwing-spears-300000-years-ago|2469565 /article/2469648-22000-year-old-tracks-are-earliest-evidence-of-transport-vehicles/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=humans Mon, 24 Feb 2025 13:18:23 +0000 Tracks and footprints found in New Mexico are by far the earliest evidence of people using primitive vehicles to transport things 2469648-22000-year-old-tracks-are-earliest-evidence-of-transport-vehicles|2469648 /article/mg26535311-400-were-uncovering-a-radically-different-view-of-civilisations-origins/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=humans Wed, 19 Feb 2025 16:00:00 +0000 The discovery that farming might not have been the catalyst for civilisation means we must completely rethink the timeline of the first complex societies mg26535311-400-were-uncovering-a-radically-different-view-of-civilisations-origins|2468502 /video/2469258-chris-stringer-is-tracing-human-ancestors-back-a-million-years/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=humans Wed, 19 Feb 2025 18:21:49 +0000 The more we discover about our species' family tree, the harder it becomes to pinpoint when exactly Homo sapiens emerged, raising questions over what it really means to be human. "If we look along the sapiens lineage," says Chris Stringer, a palaeoanthropologist at the Natural History Museum in London, "we see there's lots of diversity. … 2469258-chris-stringer-is-tracing-human-ancestors-back-a-million-years|2469258 /article/mg26535311-300-why-its-so-hard-to-tell-when-homo-sapiens-became-a-distinct-species/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=humans Tue, 18 Feb 2025 14:00:00 +0000 The more we discover about our species' family tree, the harder it becomes to pinpoint when exactly Homo sapiens emerged, raising questions over what it really means to be human mg26535311-300-why-its-so-hard-to-tell-when-homo-sapiens-became-a-distinct-species|2468501 /article/2468525-pompeiis-streets-show-how-the-city-adapted-to-roman-rule/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=humans Mon, 17 Feb 2025 08:00:50 +0000 Pompeii only came under Roman control around 160 years before its destruction 鈥� and its traffic-worn streets show how the locals adjusted their business operations 2468525-pompeiis-streets-show-how-the-city-adapted-to-roman-rule|2468525 /article/2467639-farmers-used-trash-to-grow-crops-in-barren-sand-1000-years-ago/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=humans Fri, 14 Feb 2025 15:00:06 +0000 Crops don't generally thrive in desert-like ground, but 1000 years ago farmers in Israel utilised refuse such as ash and bones to turn sand into fertile land 2467639-farmers-used-trash-to-grow-crops-in-barren-sand-1000-years-ago|2467639 /article/2467926-most-europeans-may-have-had-dark-skin-until-less-than-3000-years-ago/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=humans Thu, 13 Feb 2025 15:39:26 +0000 Ancient DNA from 348 individuals suggests that pale skin became the predominant characteristic of people living in Europe much later than assumed 2467926-most-europeans-may-have-had-dark-skin-until-less-than-3000-years-ago|2467926 /article/mg26535300-200-the-story-of-ancient-mesopotamia-and-the-dawn-of-the-modern-world/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=humans Wed, 12 Feb 2025 18:00:00 +0000 Ancient Mesopotamia comes alive in Moudhy Al-Rashid's must-read, millennia-spanning history, cleverly wrought from tablets written in the world's oldest script mg26535300-200-the-story-of-ancient-mesopotamia-and-the-dawn-of-the-modern-world|2467285 /article/2467513-fossil-proteins-may-soon-reveal-how-were-related-to-australopithecus/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=humans Tue, 11 Feb 2025 14:00:25 +0000 Australopithecus came before us, but that doesn't tell us which specific individual species is our ancestor. The fossil record is spotty in places, but the latest finds could give us enough clues to pin down how we are linked 2467513-fossil-proteins-may-soon-reveal-how-were-related-to-australopithecus|2467513 /article/2466972-enigmatic-people-who-took-over-europe-millennia-ago-came-from-ukraine/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=humans Wed, 05 Feb 2025 16:00:53 +0000 A huge study of ancient DNA reveals the origins of the Yamna, who spread across Eurasia around 5000 years ago, showing they came from a mixing of populations north of the Black Sea 2466972-enigmatic-people-who-took-over-europe-millennia-ago-came-from-ukraine|2466972 /article/2466940-volcano-scorched-roman-scroll-is-read-for-the-first-time-in-2000-years/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=humans Wed, 05 Feb 2025 15:00:12 +0000 A papyrus scroll carbonised by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius two millennia ago is slowly being read once again thanks to X-ray imaging and machine learning 2466940-volcano-scorched-roman-scroll-is-read-for-the-first-time-in-2000-years|2466940 /article/mg26535280-500-how-our-ancestors-invented-clothing-and-transformed-it-into-fashion/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=humans Wed, 29 Jan 2025 16:00:00 +0000 Remarkable archaeological finds are telling a new story of how prehistoric humans turned clothing from a necessity into a means of self-expression mg26535280-500-how-our-ancestors-invented-clothing-and-transformed-it-into-fashion|2465647 /article/2464091-celtic-tribes-dna-points-to-female-empowerment-in-pre-roman-britain/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=humans Wed, 15 Jan 2025 16:00:08 +0000 Genetic evidence from Iron Age Britain shows that women tended to stay within their ancestral communities, suggesting that social networks revolved around women 2464091-celtic-tribes-dna-points-to-female-empowerment-in-pre-roman-britain|2464091 /article/2464111-ancient-society-may-have-carved-sun-stones-to-end-volcanic-winter/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=humans Thu, 16 Jan 2025 00:01:33 +0000 Neolithic people buried hundreds of stones carved with images of the sun about 4900 years ago and they may have done it because a volcanic eruption covered the sky 2464111-ancient-society-may-have-carved-sun-stones-to-end-volcanic-winter|2464111 /article/2463680-has-a-volcanic-eruption-ever-wiped-out-a-species-of-hominins/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=humans Mon, 13 Jan 2025 21:46:02 +0000 Volcanoes have been proposed as the reason for the extinction of the Neanderthals and the hobbits of Indonesia, but the end of those species may not have come from a single, dramatic event 2463680-has-a-volcanic-eruption-ever-wiped-out-a-species-of-hominins|2463680 /article/2463555-intricate-ancient-tattoos-revealed-by-shining-lasers-on-mummies/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=humans Mon, 13 Jan 2025 20:00:39 +0000 The tattoos of 1200-year-old mummies from Peru can now be seen in exquisite detail, showing fine markings that may have been made with cactus needles or animal bones 2463555-intricate-ancient-tattoos-revealed-by-shining-lasers-on-mummies|2463555 /article/mg26435250-100-ancient-humans-understood-the-future-and-the-past-pretty-much-as-we-do/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=humans Wed, 08 Jan 2025 18:00:00 +0000 Sticks found in a cave that date back 12,000 years and other archaeological evidence show how humans have long viewed the future in a similar way to us, says Annalee Newitz mg26435250-100-ancient-humans-understood-the-future-and-the-past-pretty-much-as-we-do|2462417 /article/2462510-climate-change-may-have-killed-ancient-hobbit-hominins/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=humans Fri, 03 Jan 2025 15:00:56 +0000 Homo floresiensis, a metre-tall ancient hominin, lived on the South Pacific island of Flores and hunted dwarf elephants until about 50,000 years ago 鈥� and now it seems climate change played a role in the downfall of both species 2462510-climate-change-may-have-killed-ancient-hobbit-hominins|2462510 /article/mg26435240-900-how-dna-in-dirt-is-reshaping-our-understanding-of-stone-age-humans/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=humans Tue, 31 Dec 2024 16:00:00 +0000 The surprise discovery that ancient human DNA can survive in sediments and soil is revolutionising the study of Paleolithic minds, behaviours and lifestyles mg26435240-900-how-dna-in-dirt-is-reshaping-our-understanding-of-stone-age-humans|2461842 /article/2461972-people-ate-lots-of-foxes-and-wildcats-10000-years-ago/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=humans Wed, 01 Jan 2025 13:00:30 +0000 Foxes and cats weren鈥檛 just caught for their pelts, hint cut marks and burns on bones found at a site in Israel 2461972-people-ate-lots-of-foxes-and-wildcats-10000-years-ago|2461972 /article/2461621-ancient-checked-dress-may-be-europes-oldest-two-colour-garment/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=humans Mon, 30 Dec 2024 12:00:18 +0000 Textile fragments found in a 2800-year-old grave in the Netherlands were once part of a woven dress with a red and blue checked pattern, molecular analysis has revealed 2461621-ancient-checked-dress-may-be-europes-oldest-two-colour-garment|2461621 /article/2461755-engaging-new-podcast-asks-what-the-big-things-are-that-make-us-human/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=humans Fri, 20 Dec 2024 11:00:36 +0000 Blazing the Trail, a new podcast from the Australian Museum, delves into topics from how language evolved to the implications of harnessing fire 2461755-engaging-new-podcast-asks-what-the-big-things-are-that-make-us-human|2461755 /article/2461558-stonehenge-may-have-been-built-to-unify-people-of-ancient-britain/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=humans Fri, 20 Dec 2024 00:01:24 +0000 Recent findings show that Stonehenge鈥檚 stones came from all over Britain 鈥� and this offers clues to the monument鈥檚 purpose, say archaeologists 2461558-stonehenge-may-have-been-built-to-unify-people-of-ancient-britain|2461558 /article/mg26234904-200-who-were-the-enigmatic-sea-peoples-blamed-for-the-bronze-age-collapse/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=humans Wed, 08 May 2024 19:00:00 +0100 Around 3000 years ago, several empires and kingdoms in the Mediterranean collapsed, with a group of sea-faring warriors implicated as the culprit. But new evidence shows that many of our ideas about this turbulent time need completely rethinking mg26234904-200-who-were-the-enigmatic-sea-peoples-blamed-for-the-bronze-age-collapse|2430137 /article/2461156-ancient-hominin-lucy-was-a-lousy-runner-simulations-show/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=humans Wed, 18 Dec 2024 16:00:09 +0000 Researchers have tried to work out how fast Australopithecus afarensis could run by creating a 3D digital robot of the ancient hominin 2461156-ancient-hominin-lucy-was-a-lousy-runner-simulations-show|2461156 /article/mg26134821-700-how-neuroscience-can-help-you-make-tough-decisions-with-no-regrets/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=humans Tue, 12 Mar 2024 16:00:00 +0000 Most people are too risk-averse when it comes to life's biggest choices. Learning how to overcome the cognitive biases at play can help you make better decisions - with no looking back mg26134821-700-how-neuroscience-can-help-you-make-tough-decisions-with-no-regrets|2421553 /article/2460619-butchered-bones-tell-of-shocking-massacre-in-prehistoric-britain/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=humans Mon, 16 Dec 2024 00:01:21 +0000 At least 37 men, women and children were brutally murdered in the largest massacre known in Bronze Age Britain, possibly in a performance of ritualistic violence 2460619-butchered-bones-tell-of-shocking-massacre-in-prehistoric-britain|2460619 /article/mg26134780-500-our-human-ancestors-often-ate-each-other-and-for-surprising-reasons/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=humans Wed, 14 Feb 2024 16:00:00 +0000 Fossil evidence shows that humans have been practising cannibalism for a million years. Now, archaeologists are discovering that some of the time they did it to honour their dead mg26134780-500-our-human-ancestors-often-ate-each-other-and-for-surprising-reasons|2416749 /article/2460489-ancient-genomes-reveal-when-modern-humans-and-neanderthals-interbred/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=humans Thu, 12 Dec 2024 19:00:11 +0000 The oldest genomes ever recovered from modern humans have helped pin down when and how the momentous mingling of two hominins played out 2460489-ancient-genomes-reveal-when-modern-humans-and-neanderthals-interbred|2460489 /article/mg26435212-500-survival-of-the-wittiest-could-wordplay-have-boosted-human-evolution/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=humans Wed, 11 Dec 2024 18:00:00 +0000 Evidence for the origins of complex language can be found in creative two-word insults such as busy-body and kill-joy mg26435212-500-survival-of-the-wittiest-could-wordplay-have-boosted-human-evolution|2459274 /article/mg26435211-000-could-hibernation-technology-allow-humans-to-skip-winters/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=humans Wed, 11 Dec 2024 18:00:00 +0000 Our Future Chronicles column explores an imagined history of inventions and developments yet to come. This time we fast forward to the 2050s, when people gain the ability to hibernate and use it for far more than escaping the winter blues mg26435211-000-could-hibernation-technology-allow-humans-to-skip-winters|2459249 /article/2459645-game-changing-archaeology-from-the-past-5-years-and-whats-to-come/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=humans Tue, 10 Dec 2024 14:00:47 +0000 Leading archaeologists share the biggest recent advances in our understanding of human evolution, and their hopes for the exciting finds the next five years may have in store 2459645-game-changing-archaeology-from-the-past-5-years-and-whats-to-come|2459645 /article/mg26435212-400-the-ancient-board-games-we-finally-know-how-to-play-thanks-to-ai/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=humans Mon, 09 Dec 2024 16:27:00 +0000 Many ancient board games have been discovered, but there are no rulebooks so we don't know how to play them. Now AI is bringing these games back to life by working out likely rules mg26435212-400-the-ancient-board-games-we-finally-know-how-to-play-thanks-to-ai|2459273 /article/2459234-believing-in-santa-claus-doesnt-make-children-act-nicer-at-christmas/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=humans Mon, 09 Dec 2024 12:00:57 +0000 You might expect a child's belief in Santa Claus 鈥� with his ability to discern whether children have been naughty or nice 鈥� would have an impact on their behaviour. But it turns out other festive trappings like Christmas jumpers and carols may play a more important role 2459234-believing-in-santa-claus-doesnt-make-children-act-nicer-at-christmas|2459234 /article/2458952-mesopotamians-felt-happiness-in-their-liver-and-anger-in-their-thighs/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=humans Wed, 04 Dec 2024 16:00:50 +0000 An analysis of ancient cuneiform texts suggests people thought of emotions in a different way almost 3000 years ago, showing how culture influences our most intimate experiences 2458952-mesopotamians-felt-happiness-in-their-liver-and-anger-in-their-thighs|2458952 /article/2458844-toddler-bones-show-mammoths-were-the-main-food-of-the-first-americans/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=humans Wed, 04 Dec 2024 19:00:53 +0000 The bones of a child who died nearly 13,000 years ago suggest that the people who moved from Asia into North America at this time ate a lot of mammoth 2458844-toddler-bones-show-mammoths-were-the-main-food-of-the-first-americans|2458844 /article/mg26334991-100-why-did-humans-evolve-big-brains-a-new-idea-bodes-ill-for-our-future/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=humans Mon, 08 Jul 2024 17:00:00 +0100 Recent fossil finds suggest that big brains weren't an evolutionary asset to our ancestors but evolved by accident 鈥� and are likely to shrink again in the near future mg26334991-100-why-did-humans-evolve-big-brains-a-new-idea-bodes-ill-for-our-future|2438736 /article/2458237-ancient-footprints-show-how-early-human-species-lived-side-by-side/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=humans Thu, 28 Nov 2024 19:00:53 +0000 Footprints preserved on the shore of Lake Turkana in Kenya seem to be from two ancient human species, showing they lived there at the same time about 1.5 million years ago 2458237-ancient-footprints-show-how-early-human-species-lived-side-by-side|2458237 /article/2457551-hunter-gatherers-built-a-massive-fish-trap-in-belize-4000-years-ago/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=humans Fri, 22 Nov 2024 19:00:15 +0000 Earthen channels that span more than 640 kilometres show that pre-Mayan Mesoamericans built large-scale fish-trapping facilities earlier than previously thought 2457551-hunter-gatherers-built-a-massive-fish-trap-in-belize-4000-years-ago|2457551 /article/2455818-how-we-misunderstood-what-the-lucy-fossil-reveals-about-ancient-humans/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=humans Fri, 15 Nov 2024 11:00:39 +0000 It has been 50 years since archaeologists discovered Lucy, perhaps the most famous ancient hominin ever found. But the scientists who have studied her say that this fossil gave us a misleading image of the nature of her species 2455818-how-we-misunderstood-what-the-lucy-fossil-reveals-about-ancient-humans|2455818 /article/2456238-12000-year-old-stones-may-be-oldest-example-of-wheel-like-tools/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=humans Wed, 13 Nov 2024 19:00:11 +0000 Dozens of perforated pebbles from an archaeological site in Israel may be early examples of spindle whorls, a rotating tool used in textile making that was a step towards inventing the wheel 2456238-12000-year-old-stones-may-be-oldest-example-of-wheel-like-tools|2456238 /article/mg26435164-200-before-the-stone-age-were-the-first-tools-made-from-plants-not-rocks/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=humans Tue, 05 Nov 2024 16:00:00 +0000 Our ancestors probably used a wide range of plant-based tools that have since been lost to history. Now we're finally getting a glimpse of this Botanic Age mg26435164-200-before-the-stone-age-were-the-first-tools-made-from-plants-not-rocks|2454771 /article/2455299-dna-analysis-rewrites-the-stories-of-people-buried-in-pompeii/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=humans Thu, 07 Nov 2024 16:00:01 +0000 Genetic analysis of five individuals preserved as plaster casts in the ruins of Pompeii contradicts established beliefs about the people and their relationships 2455299-dna-analysis-rewrites-the-stories-of-people-buried-in-pompeii|2455299 /article/2455253-ancient-egyptians-shaped-sheeps-horns-and-we-dont-know-why/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=humans Wed, 06 Nov 2024 22:05:20 +0000 The earliest evidence of livestock with modified horns has been discovered in ancient Egypt 鈥� sheep skulls with horns that point in unnatural directions suggest humans forced them to grow that way 2455253-ancient-egyptians-shaped-sheeps-horns-and-we-dont-know-why|2455253 /article/2454631-ancient-mesopotamian-clay-seals-offer-clues-to-the-origin-of-writing/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=humans Tue, 05 Nov 2024 00:01:09 +0000 Before Mesopotamian people invented writing, they used cylinder seals to press patterns into wet clay 鈥� and some of the symbols used were carried over into proto-writing 2454631-ancient-mesopotamian-clay-seals-offer-clues-to-the-origin-of-writing|2454631 /article/mg26435154-900-chilling-news-adds-fresh-meaning-to-2018-arctic-horror-drama/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=humans Wed, 30 Oct 2024 18:00:00 +0000 A new study amplifies the horror of an excellent series about the doomed Franklin expedition. The Terror is a worthy tribute to the lost sailors, says Bethan Ackerley mg26435154-900-chilling-news-adds-fresh-meaning-to-2018-arctic-horror-drama|2453798 /article/2454310-a-bizarre-skeleton-from-a-roman-grave-has-bones-from-eight-people/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=humans Thu, 31 Oct 2024 14:51:08 +0000 Radiocarbon dating and DNA analysis have revealed that a complete skeleton found in a 2nd-century cemetery is made up of bones from many people spanning thousands of years 鈥� but we don鈥檛 know who assembled it or why 2454310-a-bizarre-skeleton-from-a-roman-grave-has-bones-from-eight-people|2454310 /article/2453552-stone-age-network-reveals-ancient-paris-was-an-artisanal-trading-hub/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=humans Mon, 28 Oct 2024 10:10:21 +0000 Ancient stone goods found across France may have been made by skilled craftspeople in what is now Paris, who traded along vast networks 2453552-stone-age-network-reveals-ancient-paris-was-an-artisanal-trading-hub|2453552 /article/2453247-dna-helps-match-well-man-skeleton-to-800-year-old-norwegian-saga/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=humans Fri, 25 Oct 2024 17:00:58 +0100 The Sverris saga describes how castle invaders 鈥渢ook a dead man and cast him unto the well, and then filled it up with stones鈥�, in what may have been an early act of biological warfare - and now researchers believe they have found the skeleton of the man in question 2453247-dna-helps-match-well-man-skeleton-to-800-year-old-norwegian-saga|2453247 /article/2452861-extremely-rare-bronze-age-wooden-tool-found-in-english-trench/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=humans Wed, 23 Oct 2024 01:01:12 +0100 In a wetland on the south coast of England, archaeologists dug up one of the oldest and most complete wooden tools ever found in Britain, which is around 3500 years old 2452861-extremely-rare-bronze-age-wooden-tool-found-in-english-trench|2452861 /article/2452524-many-iron-age-swords-may-be-tainted-by-modern-forgery/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=humans Mon, 21 Oct 2024 18:00:39 +0100 Ancient weaponsmiths combined bronze and iron to fashion swords during the early Iron Age 鈥� but modern forgers glue together elements from different weapons, making it difficult for researchers to study the ancient technology 2452524-many-iron-age-swords-may-be-tainted-by-modern-forgery|2452524 /article/mg26435130-400-the-archaeologist-fighting-claims-about-an-advanced-lost-civilisation/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=humans Mon, 14 Oct 2024 17:00:00 +0100 Netflix鈥檚聽Ancient Apocalypse聽peddles the idea that we have overlooked an extraordinary ancient civilisation. Flint Dibble explains why that is wrong, and why real archaeology is more exciting mg26435130-400-the-archaeologist-fighting-claims-about-an-advanced-lost-civilisation|2451556 /article/mg26435132-500-were-homing-in-on-the-best-ways-to-tackle-misinformation/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=humans Wed, 16 Oct 2024 19:00:00 +0100 A debating technique known as the "truth sandwich" is helping archaeologists combat a false narrative about an advanced ancient civilisation forgotten in human history mg26435132-500-were-homing-in-on-the-best-ways-to-tackle-misinformation|2451879 /article/mg26435120-800-a-cave-in-france-is-revealing-how-the-neanderthals-died-out/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=humans Tue, 08 Oct 2024 17:00:00 +0100 Discoveries from the genomes of the last Neanderthals are rewriting the story of how our own species came to replace them mg26435120-800-a-cave-in-france-is-revealing-how-the-neanderthals-died-out|2450640 /article/2451483-how-the-evolution-of-citrus-is-inextricably-linked-with-our-own/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=humans Fri, 11 Oct 2024 18:00:11 +0100 Millions of years ago, our ancestors lost a gene for producing vitamin C and got a taste for citrus. Since then, we've cultivated the tangy fruits into global staples like sweet oranges and sour lemons 2451483-how-the-evolution-of-citrus-is-inextricably-linked-with-our-own|2451483 /article/2451525-gravity-may-explain-why-neanderthals-failed-to-adopt-advanced-weaponry/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=humans Fri, 11 Oct 2024 19:00:32 +0100 Spear-throwing tools called atlatls allow humans to launch projectiles over great distances, but Neanderthals apparently never used them 鈥� and an experiment involving a 9-metre-tall platform may explain why 2451525-gravity-may-explain-why-neanderthals-failed-to-adopt-advanced-weaponry|2451525 /article/2451533-read-an-extract-from-rachel-kushners-creation-lake/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=humans Fri, 11 Oct 2024 10:45:16 +0100 In the opening to Rachel Kushner's Booker-shortlisted novel Creation Lake, the latest pick for the 最新麻豆视频 Book Club, we meet undercover operative Sadie Smith as she secretly reads the emails of an eco-activist group 2451533-read-an-extract-from-rachel-kushners-creation-lake|2451533 /article/2450368-ancient-dna-tells-story-of-toddler-who-lived-in-italy-17000-years-ago/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=humans Wed, 02 Oct 2024 19:00:12 +0100 A young boy who lived towards the end of the last glacial period had dark skin, blue eyes and a congenital heart condition, a study of his genome reveals 2450368-ancient-dna-tells-story-of-toddler-who-lived-in-italy-17000-years-ago|2450368 /article/mg26335100-100-the-fascinating-truth-about-why-common-sense-isnt-really-that-common/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=humans Tue, 24 Sep 2024 17:00:00 +0100 New research is revealing that common sense is a lot more idiosyncratic than we thought, with important implications for tackling political polarisation and the future of AI mg26335100-100-the-fascinating-truth-about-why-common-sense-isnt-really-that-common|2448800 /article/mg26335060-700-rachel-kushners-booker-shortlisted-creation-lake-is-top-notch/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=humans Thu, 26 Sep 2024 15:15:00 +0100 For an undercover operative, Sadie Smith takes unnecessary risks as she infiltrates an eco-activist group. Why? And where do the Neanderthals fit into Creation Lake, Rachel Kushner's Booker-shortlisted climate fiction novel? Emily H. Wilson loved finding out mg26335060-700-rachel-kushners-booker-shortlisted-creation-lake-is-top-notch|2445098 /article/2449451-worlds-oldest-cheese-found-on-3500-year-old-chinese-mummies/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=humans Wed, 25 Sep 2024 17:00:15 +0100 DNA and protein analysis has identified a white substance smeared on mummies in China as a kind of kefir cheese, made from cow and goat milk 2449451-worlds-oldest-cheese-found-on-3500-year-old-chinese-mummies|2449451 /article/2449076-ai-discovers-hundreds-of-ancient-nazca-drawings-in-peruvian-desert/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=humans Mon, 23 Sep 2024 21:00:52 +0100 Archaeologists have used AI to discover hundreds of large-scale drawings depicting figures like llamas, decapitated human heads and killer whales armed with knives 2449076-ai-discovers-hundreds-of-ancient-nazca-drawings-in-peruvian-desert|2449076 /article/2447513-genome-of-neanderthal-fossil-reveals-lost-tribe-cut-off-for-millennia/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=humans Wed, 11 Sep 2024 17:00:40 +0100 Analysis of DNA from a Neanderthal fossil found in a French cave indicates that it belonged to a group that was isolated for more than 50,000 years 2447513-genome-of-neanderthal-fossil-reveals-lost-tribe-cut-off-for-millennia|2447513 /article/2447538-ancient-people-of-easter-island-made-return-trips-to-south-america/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=humans Wed, 11 Sep 2024 17:00:26 +0100 DNA analysis shows that people from Easter Island had contact with Indigenous Americans around the 1300s, and finds there was no population crash before the arrival of Europeans 2447538-ancient-people-of-easter-island-made-return-trips-to-south-america|2447538 /article/2447242-when-did-humans-leave-the-trees-for-the-savannah-or-did-they-at-all/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=humans Tue, 10 Sep 2024 20:00:10 +0100 Ancient humans are said to have evolved to leave the trees, where our primate ancestors lived, in favour of open grassy savannahs 鈥� but we may have this idea wrong 2447242-when-did-humans-leave-the-trees-for-the-savannah-or-did-they-at-all|2447242