This is a pillar from Building D at Göbekli Tepe seen from the southeast.
Credit: German Archaeological Institute (DAI)
In Turkey, Carved Skulls Provide the First Evidence of a Neolithic "Skull Cult": Three carved skull fragments uncovered at a Neolithic dig...
Chimpanzee muscle makes those creatures super strength. But what it might mean to the evolution of the human's muscle? Is there any visible bond between chimpanzee muscles and us, humans?
Since at least the 1920s, anecdotes and some studies have...
This illustration shows the MAVEN spacecraft and the limb of Mars.
Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
On June 17, NASA's MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution Mission) will celebrate 1,000 Earth days in orbit around the Red Planet. Since its...
Investigator Lauren Welbourne.
Credit: Image courtesy of University of York
Scientists at the University of York have shed new light on how humans process color -- revealing that we see things differently in winter compared with summer.
The researchers examined how...
A mature flower of Saltugilia caruifolia (left), accompanied with a microscopic view of the petal lobes (right) showing the 3-D cell structure, which has implications in the flower's development and its ability to attract pollinators.
Credit: Photo by Jacob B....
The research icebreaker CCGS Amundsen.
Credit: Image courtesy of University of Manitoba
The Science Team of the Canadian Research Icebreaker CCGS Amundsen has cancelled the first leg of the 2017 Expedition due to complications associated with the southward motion of hazardous...
ow the host shapes the microbiota is unclear. This visual abstract depicts the findings in Liu et al, who identify host miRNAs within feces and show that these miRNAs are predominantly produced by gut epithelial cells and Hopx+ cells....
Domesticated crops have been transformed almost beyond recognition in comparison with their wild relatives - a change that happened during the early stages of farming in the Stone Age.
Credit: © nipaporn / Fotolia
The beginnings of agriculture changed human history...
Does testosterone make men feel more right? (stock image)
Credit: © Romolo Tavani / Fotolia
Hotheaded, impulsive men who shoot first and ask questions later are a staple of Westerns and 1970s cop films, but new research shows there might be...
This is an entrance to the archaeological site of Vindija Cave, Croatia.
Credit: MPI f. Evolutionary Anthropology/ J. Krause
While there are numerous prehistoric sites in Europe and Asia that contain tools and other human-made artefacts, skeletal remains of ancient humans...
SCorded ware vessel, an axe and two discs made of amber from an early male grave.
Credit: Danish National Museum
In an earlier study Professor Kristian Kristiansen from the University of Gothenburg in Sweden and Lundbeck Foundation Professor Eske Willerslev from...
