Early human ancestors called the LRJ Group lived in Europe for 80 generations, intermingling with Neanderthals, before ...

Ancient DNA is turning Europe’s deep past from a sketch into a family album. Instead of guessing who first called the continent home, researchers can now read genetic traces from teeth, bones and cave ...

Ancient DNA from 348 individuals who lived between 1,700 and 45,000 years ago is reshaping what we know about the evolution of skin color in Europe. A new study suggests that up until around 3,000 ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. New research finds that ancient Europeans tended to have dark skin, dark hair and dark eyes up ...

Illustration of Zlatý kůň, who belonged to the same population as the Ranis individuals and was closely related to two of them. Credit: Tom Björklund for Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary ...

(CNN) — Ancient humans living in Europe may have scooped out the brains of their dead enemies and eaten them, a new study suggests. In the study, published last week in the journal Scientific Reports, ...

The fascination with Greek culture can be traced to the early modern period, from the Renaissance until the eighteenth century. During this era, European scholars – and later educated elites and a ...

Fossils unearthed from a Polish cave suggest early Europeans engaged in cannibalism, sometimes even eating the brains of their enemies, during a time of war about 18,000 years ago. Previous research ...

Bulgaria’s government collapsed following youth-driven street protests of the kind that have swept parts of the globe.

Researchers identified marks and cuts associated with the removal of brains and bone marrow. - Antonio Rodríguez-Hidalgo/IAM/Francesc Marginedas/IPHES-CERCA Ancient ...

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