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Earliest Direct Evidence Shows Hunters Used Poisoned Arrows 60,000 Years Ago

Alkaloids on quartz tips match the poison bulb, indicating deliberate use of plant toxins.

9,500-Year-Old Malawi Find Is Africa’s Earliest Cremation and Oldest Adult Pyre

Malawi Pyre Dating to 9,500 Years Ago Is Africa’s Earliest Intentional Cremation

New DNA Study Finds Beachy Head Woman Was Local to Roman-Era Southern England

Peer-Reviewed Study Shows Easter Island’s Moai Were ‘Walked’ Upright With Ropes

Smoke-Dried Mummies in Southeast Asia May Be the World’s Oldest, Study Finds