18 May 2023
Many sources claim sexual kissing spread worldwide from South Asia 3500 years ago, but there is evidence it was practised in ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt much earlier than that
23 November 2022
The chromosome may contain regions that promote their DNA's spread by killing sperm that carry Y chromosomes. However, Y chromosomes may have evolved counter mechanisms over time
28 April 2022
Findings from people running in the lab and in the real world show that men and women tend to run at a speed that minimises energetic costs, though men run faster
2 December 2021
Until around 150 years ago, humans were relatively short – but our recent growth spurt may have more to do with social factors than dietary ones
9 November 2021
The city, built by the son of Genghis Khan, was once thought to be about one-tenth as big as it actually was
14 September 2021
Analysis of fossilised faeces from rock hyraxes shows that the extremely dry area of Wadi Sana in Yemen was once a lush oasis
9 July 2021
6000-year-old miniature ceramic bottles found in Slovenia contain traces of the same minerals later used in make-up by ancient Egyptians and Mesopotamians
3 May 2021
The remains of a Viking have been rediscovered after being missing for over a century – and it turns out the Viking in question was buried wearing a pair of fancy long trousers
29 April 2021
Fossil pollen records show a surge of regrowth in forests of the Amazon basin 300 to 600 years before Europeans arrived, suggesting Indigenous people may have left the region
19 February 2021
With some types of sanitation, such as pit latrines, human waste can be filtered through soil. Across the world around 38 million tonnes of human waste is sanitised this way – the equivalent of around £3.2 billion of commercial water treatment
