Archaeology
The KNM-ER 1470 cranium, discovered in 1972, combined with the new lower jaw KNM-ER 60000; both are thought to belong to the same species. The lower jaw is shown as a photographic reconstruction, and the cranium is based on a computed tomography scan. Credit: © Photo by Fred Spoor

Homo erectus was not alone

New fossils shed light on human evolution and solve a 40-year-old mystery.

A group of the starch granules from the Neanderthals' teeth. Image courtesy of the University of Sydney

Neanderthals ate their greens

Our primitive relatives were more sophisticated than we thought.

Three examples of human coprolites found at the site. Image: Jim Barlow

Clovis people weren’t alone

Oregon’s Paisley Caves are as old as Clovis sites, but were inhabited by a different group.

The stones are believed to represent some of Britain's early farming communities. Image:  Bryan Busovicki/Shutterstock

Stonehenge: symbol of unification?

Britain’s neolithic people pulled together to build this monument.

Conservator Angelyn Bass cleans and stabilises the surface of a wall of a Maya house that date to the 9th century. The figure of a man who may have been the town scribe appears on the wall to her left. Image: Tyrone Turner/2012 National Geographic

Earliest Mayan calendar goes well beyond 2012

A small room in Xultún indicates that the Mayan calendar goes well beyond 2012.

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Of mice and Vikings

The Vikings weren’t the only invading force during the 10th century.

Neanderthals were disappearing before modern humans arrived

European Neanderthals were already on the verge of extinction 50,000 years ago.

Ancient Sumerians may not have consumed beer

Were they really the world’s first brewers?

The mummy was named after the Otzal Alps. Image: South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology

Revisiting Otzi

The exhibition “20 years from Ötzi’s recovery” will be extended until 2013.

3,000-year-old tomb of female singer found in Egypt

Swiss archaeologists have discovered the tomb of a female singer dating back almost 3,000 years in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings.

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