Anthropology 2023, March

Today we will remember the archaeological finds that shook the world. Among them: the mummy Ötzi, the "witch" from Italy and much more

In the genome of representatives of the Philippine tribes, the Aeta found up to five percent of Denisovan DNA - more than any other modern man

It is believed that high testosterone levels affect men's success. But an international team of scientists has shown that this is not the case

This is evidenced by the widespread use of fire in the Middle Pleistocene. Researchers from the Netherlands believe that Neanderthals and ancestors of the Sapiens could exchange experiences with each other and with each other already in those distant times

It is believed that our ancestors, who lived in the late Stone Age, hunted mainly mammoths, the meat of which made up most of the diet. The study of the remains of the ancient inhabitants of the eastern part of modern Vladimir showed that this is not entirely true

American scientists have found that only seven percent of our genome is characteristic exclusively of Homo sapiens: all other parts of it were the same as in people of other species, as well as more distant ancestors

Archaeologists have found a clean-shaped leaf-shaped arrowhead that was attached to a complex spear with an effective organic binder

Newborns living at high altitudes are up to 37 percent more likely to die than babies living in low-lying areas. This conclusion was made by scientists from Ecuador

An international team of scientists identified DNA from soil in a Georgian cave. Thanks to this, the researchers managed to restore the human genome 25 thousand years old, without any skeletal remains

According to American scientists, the maximum human life expectancy at the end of the XXI century can reach 125-132 years

An international study, which involved more than 645 thousand people, revealed a rare variant of the gene: it probably provides protection against excess weight gain

Independent non-profit organizations Autonomy and Alda have published a detailed report on the results of an experiment to introduce a four-day work week in Iceland. More than 1% of the total working-age population of the country took part in it, and the result turned out to be a "stunning success"

Scientists from China described a skull found in 1933 and suggested that it may belong to a Denisovan man

Scientists have found a piece of bone in a Neanderthal cave. The find is more than 50 thousand years old, and it is covered with carvings that have no practical use

Bones and DNA from a Neolithic site in Iran provide the earliest evidence for the domestication of bezoar goats

Scientists from the United States analyzed the genomes of men and women from the UK and came to the conclusion that sexual dimorphism began to smooth out in our ancestors even before the transition to agriculture

The remains, dating from the Middle Paleolithic, combine features of Neanderthals and more archaic people: they may have belonged to a hitherto unknown group of ancient Homo who lived in the Middle East

Scientists have shown that the British in the Middle Ages suffered from bursitis for centuries - an inflammation of the mucous bags mainly in the area of the joints

Experiments by archaeologists have helped to understand how ancient people used different types of torches and stone lamps on animal fat

Back in the 20th century, it was believed that only people can use tools, and this is an undoubted sign of reason. In fact, they are used by many species - up to insects - and recently it turned out that even pigs can do this

The new work sheds light on a long-standing mystery: why did man invent agriculture, the basis of his civilization? Initially, there were no pluses in agriculture, but there were many minuses. It is also unclear why the transition was made only ten thousand years ago, although our species has existed for a third of a million years. The answer may be unexpected: it seems that earlier the very emergence of our civilization was impossible due to the different composition of the atmosphere of the ancient Earth. Let's try to figure out what exactly allowed humanity to become

New analysis points to bacteria that are common in pre-industrial societies and those that only appeared in modern humans

Women not have a child from a husband the more often, the lower his social value. Let's try to figure out how biology pushes them to cheat and why monogamy has every chance of revenge

Thanks to children's bones, which have rested for more than 78 thousand years in one of the caves of Kenya, scientists have finally managed to learn how the bodies of the dead in Africa were treated

Archaeologists have found traces of a cord made 39-54 thousand years ago in the Abri-du-Maras cave in the south of France. A cord with a diameter of half a millimeter is woven from three fibers of tree bark, and in such a way that it becomes clear that the Neanderthals are adept at such activities. Why would this species, long considered primitive, need such a complex technology? One of the most likely answers is to craft sophisticated weapons. Alas, it did not help them. After a very short time, humans of the modern species brought to Europe

Dark-skinned Homo sapiens began to displace light-skinned Neanderthals, native Europeans, only when onions were brought to Europe. Is the neanderthal extinction mystery finally coming to a close?

At first, our ancestors were bacteria. Then - fish. Then - fishes with legs. Then - "lizards". Then - "mice". Then - "proteins". Then it started. How did our ancestors evolve from the ancient fish? We tell

Scientists analyzed the tartar of humans, Neanderthals and monkeys. It turned out that our ancestors began to eat starchy foods long before the advent of agriculture and even the very species of Homo sapiens

New radiocarbon dating from scientists from Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany and the UK has shown that the last Neanderthals disappeared from Europe thousands of years earlier than previously thought

By examining the battlefield of the Bronze Age, paleogeneticists have found that the ability of humans to digest milk in adulthood emerged in Central Europe in just under a couple of thousand years - extremely fast compared to most other evolutionary changes in Homo sapiens

Archaeologists led by Ciprian Ardelean of the Autonomous University of Zacatecas discovered traces of human presence in the Mexican highlands 33 thousand years ago. The new date is twice as old as those adopted earlier, and indicates the possible correctness of Brazilian scientists who found the sites of ancient people of similar antiquity in South America. The discovery means that the settlement of the Americas happened fundamentally differently than it was believed until now - much earlier and, perhaps, not at all by the same

The Neanderthal tooth retains the grooves left by the toothpick, showing once again that dental health was common even among our long-extinct relatives

Homo sapiens' cousins survived abrupt climate changes, but could not resist the competition for resources

Anthropologists have discovered that the brain of our anthropoid ancestors began to turn into "human" much later than previously thought: only about 1.7 million years ago

Scientists from Brazil have found that the contribution of Australian Aborigines, Melanesians and the peoples of South Asia to the formation of the community of indigenous people of South America is more significant than it seemed

Remnants of a native Australian dinner helped clarify when the first humans began to actively spread across the continent

Fossilized footprints of several feet off the coast of ancient Lake Alatar in the Arabian desert indicate early migrations of Homo sapiens outside Africa

A group of scientists from the universities of England Ruskin (Cambridge), Stanford and Vienna found that the larynx of primates is significantly larger in comparison with body size, has large variations and evolves faster than other mammals

Scientists have found that the development of our species was facilitated, perhaps, not by a general cold snap and drought on the Black Continent, but by periods of rising and falling temperatures

The development of the grasping hand in our ancestors, according to an international group of scientists, could go in parallel or immediately after the appearance of bipedal locomotion