In The News: Department of Anthropology

National Geographic

Our human ancestors roamed the Earth 6 million years ago. However, where is the earliest site containing archaeological evidence of their existence?

Live Science

The candidates make the Giza pyramids and Stonehenge seem young.

Wall Street Journal

A crop of companies want to make sperm-freezing a routine procedure for young men, as employers start to offer it as a benefit.

Genetic Literacy Project

Less than half of all societies kiss with their lips, according to a study of 168 cultures from around the world.

Giddy

From '70s bushes to bald as a badger, these are the era-defining styles down there.

BBC

Lip-on-lip kissing is not nearly as universal as we might think it is, so can the diverse number of ways that humans kiss reveal what it is about this intimate act that we find important?

Daily Finland

Less than half of all societies kiss with their lips, reported British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), quoting a study of 168 cultures from around the world.

New York Times

The science behind the idea of restoring the intestinal microbiome to an ancestral state is shaky, skeptics say, and in some cases unethical.

LiveKindly

Honey is made by bees, and because we typically associate its image with peaceful, pastoral beekeeping, the question of whether or not honey is vegan is often one that will get you different answers, depending on who you ask. So, what’s the buzz, is honey vegan?

Arkeofili

Homo sapiens, commonly referred to as Homo sapiens sapiens, is a highly intelligent species of primate that includes all living humans.

Live Science

Modern humans, or Homo sapiens, are the only living Homo species. But we haven't always been alone.

Clinical OMICs

Our gut and oral microbiome can have a big impact on our day-to-day health, but how have these microbial communities evolved over time and what can research into the genetics of ancient samples tell us about the modern microbiome?