It has been theorised that the invention of the bow-and-arrow may have been key to the successful dispersal of Homo sapiens, and indeed, archaeological evidence for the use of this technology at early...

The evolutionary study of human dispersal is a key topic in biological anthropology. However, recent research has revealed inconsistencies between molecular and anatomical data across different times....

The Canadian entrepreneur has always pushed the boundaries of gene editing, once attempting to turn horses into unicorns. Now she is set on modifying human embryos – something her controversial ex-hus...

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Lipids in Health and Disease - Brown adipose tissue (BAT) has received renewed attention for its ability to increase metabolic rate and heat production, via non-shivering thermogenesis, in response...

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...

A new study is raising questions about whether human endurance has biological limits shaped long before adulthood—possibly beginning at birth.

IntroductionEndurance activity is considered a hallmark of human evolution, but there is limited understanding of what constrains this capacity. The renal de...

Experimental evidence of life history trade-offs during ultra-endurance physical activity - Volume 8

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Such prescient planning started 50,000 years earlier than thought, study finds

Abstract. Primates display a wide range of locomotor behaviours, each resulting in distinct mechanical demands on the ankle joint. This study examines how

Measuring technological complexity across species, as well as across temporal and spatial scales, is an ongoing challenge among authors who work on primatological, archaeological, and/or ethnographic ...

Containers are ubiquitous and universal across all present-day societies. The substantial increase in the quantity and diversity of containers in the …

The authors here demonstrate that hominins were consistently and specifically procuring a single kind of raw material to make stone tools at the South African site of Jojosi between 220 and 110 thousa...

This is an open access book. This volume is the first dedicated to action within bioarchaeology that can bring about social and political change.

Children’s cooperative behaviors and norms develop along distinct cultural pathways shaped by local norms.

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The world’s oldest in situ adult funeral pyre (~9500 years old) shows complex mortuary behaviors among ancient African foragers.

Humans inhabited Malta 1,000 years earlier than previously thought

In a major blow to climate science, NASA is not continuing its work studying global warming and will instead just stick to space exploration.

Western is boosting funding for postdoctoral fellows and PhD candidates from the U.S. and other countries with expanded and new award programs.