Learn how pigs spread across Pacific islands, what their DNA reveals about ancient human journeys, and why their legacy still ...

Mass migrations of humans often occur do to negative pressures such as environmental crises, overpopulation, or war. Some of the largest mass migrations in history have taken place within the lifetime ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. There’s a recurring mystery surrounding early human migration ...

A new study, published in the journal Science, reveals how millennia of human migration across Pacific islands led to the ...

Climate change and associated impacts (e.g., sustained droughts, repeated and severe flooding, increased frequency and intensity of hurricanes and cyclones, saltwater intrusion into coastal aquifers, ...

This collection supports and amplifies research related to SDG 1, SDG 8, SDG 10, SDG 11, and SDG 13. Over the past decades, environmental changes and disasters such as landslides, flooding, and ...

‘Lice are like living fossils we carry around on our own heads.’ By Laura Baisas Published Nov 8, 2023 2:00 PM EST Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 ...

A major question in paleoanthropology—the field dedicated to studying human evolution—asks how humans migrated. Most research suggests that modern humans evolved in Africa, though of course we ended ...

A new study combining genetic, palaeoecological, and archaeological evidence has unveiled the Persian Plateau as a pivotal geographic location serving as a hub for Homo sapiens during the early stages ...

Archaeologists have uncovered two new bone fragments in a cave in northern Laos, suggesting that Homo sapiens wandered southeast Asia up to 86,000 years ago. The findings, published this week in ...

Researchers at University of Tsukuba have demonstrated, through multi-agent simulations in a two-dimensional space, that the combination of environmental variability and human migration may foster the ...