Nights Science: Debunking myths around early human hunters
Most of us were taught there was a clear division of labour when it came to early hunter gatherers. Men did the hunting and women did the gathering. But new research suggest the roles were shared much ...
Early Europeans celebrated victory in war by eating their enemies’ brains, cave fossils show
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. At such a critical ...
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The Red Lady of El Mirón’s Predecessors Analyzed Using Ancient DNA
New research has used DNA found in sediment to reveal new information about the human and animal populations that preceded ...
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A Continuous Lineage Established for Over 46,000 Years for the Red Lady of El Mirón, Whose Remains Were Found in a Cave in Northern Spain
Approximately 19,000 years ago, during the era of hunter-gatherers, a woman passed away and was buried in a cave in Cantabria ...
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Renowned UTHealth Houston researcher discusses what 4,000-year-old mummies tell us about heart disease, and why it’s preventable
An unhealthy diet, lack of exercise, and smoking – considered to be a relatively recent societal curse – are all risk factors to heart disease. But if that is the case, did heart disease exist ...