Aux origines

A l’instar des humains, les macaques rhésus peuvent suivre le regard de quelqu’un, d’après une étude américaine. Ce mécanisme serait-il apparu plus tôt dan

Archaeologists at the University of Colorado, Denver, analysed the bones of deer butchered by Neanderthals and found they may have struggled to get enough calories in cold periods.

Researchers studying a giant impact crater in Ontario, Canada, have uncovered evidence that early life may have evolved in self-contained hydrothermal systems existing within such impact basins.

La pyramide de Dahchour a terminé de révéler ses secrets

ARCHÉOLOGIE - Une trace fossile trouvée près de Barcelone aurait été laissée par un reptile qui vivait avant le Jurassique, il y a 240 millions d'années. Il s'agit de «l'empreinte de dinosaure la mieux conservée de la Péninsule ibérique», selon The Local.

Tracé il y a 2 000 à 2 500 ans, ce dessin long de trente mètres a été repéré dans le sud-ouest du Pérou fin 2015 par une équipe d'archéologues en mission.

Modern humans have been present in Europe for at least the last 45,000 years. Even when massive ice sheets crept south, covering much of the continent around 20,000 years ago, some people still managed to cling on to existence in the harsh environment. But how these changing environmental conditions influenced the early European populations, especially during this period when humans took their first steps into Europe, has remained somewhat of a mystery.

Genetic analysis unlocks the secrets of Europe's Ice Age inhabitants.

Tooth-marks on a 500,000-year-old hominin femur bone found in a Moroccan cave indicate that it was consumed by large carnivores, likely hyenas, according to a study published April 27, 2016 in the open-access journal PLO

L’analisi isotopica del collagene di ominidi e animali dal sito di Goyet (Belgio) rivela la composizione della dieta tipica dell’uomo di Neanderthal, andando a mettere in discussione alcune convinzioni sulla sua alimentazione. E non solo

How does a set of living cells become intelligent? What is the origin of intelligence? The theory of Practopoiesis aims to answer that question.

Nos invités du jour, Marc Azéma et Jean-Jacques Salgon s'interrogeront autour de la question suivante : «Commen

Comment la génétique met-elle en lumière l'épopée humaine ?

"Forget this image," says Dimitra Papagianni, pointing at the depiction of human evolution projected behind her: an ape crouched on all fours, followed by the early hominids carrying rock tools and spears, walking ultimatel

Los fósiles encontrados en la cueva de Liang Bua, en la isla de Flores, siguen despertando un enorme interés entre los especialistas. No es para menos, porque nadie hubiera imaginado encontrar nada igual en el registro fósil. Mientras el debate sobre el significado de estos fósiles continua entre los especialistas en crecimiento y paleopatología, los […]

Préhistoire : Les humains auraient servi de repas aux carnivores selon des ossements retrouvés au Maroc. La richesse en fossiles du Maroc n’a pas fini de surprendre les chercheurs. Après de nombreuses découvertes liées aux dinosaures notamment, des paléontologues Européens ont récemment

Analyses of ancient DNA from prehistoric humans paint a picture of dramatic population change in Europe from 45,000 to 7,000 years ago, according to a new study led by Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator David Reic

Des archéologues allemands ont mis au jour des blocs d'un ancien temple montrant la reine Hatchepsout

A new genetic study of male ancestry shows there were periods in human prehistory when just a few elite men controlled reproduction.For example, one man about 190,000 years ago was the ancestor of 1,200 living men from 26 groups around the world whose