Anthropology
Undreamed Shores by Frances Larson review – the heroines of British anthropology
Adventures in Siberia, in the Nile Valley and on Easter Island ... but these female pioneers faced prejudice and tragedy at home
Kathryn Hughes
16, Apr, 2021 @8:00 AM
Henry Glassie: Field Work review – hypnotic glimpses of folk art in the making
This documentary about the celebrated folklorist also takes a leisurely look at the working methods of the artists he reveres
Andrew Pulver
13, Apr, 2021 @12:00 PM
Neanderthals helped create early human art, researcher says
Archaeologist says ability to think and create objects may not have been restricted to homo sapiens
Dalya Alberge
15, Mar, 2021 @4:38 PM
Fantastic beasts, but where to find them? | Letters
Brief letters: Neanderthals | Royal family | Unicorn shortage | Grace Dent | Crosswords
Letters
21, Feb, 2021 @6:00 PM
End of Neanderthals linked to flip of Earth's magnetic poles, study suggests
Event 42,000 years ago combined with fall in solar activity potentially cataclysmic, researchers say
Nicola Davis Science correspondent
18, Feb, 2021 @7:00 PM
Early humans may have survived the harsh winters by hibernating
Seasonal damage in bone fossils in Spain suggest Neanderthals and their predecessors followed the same strategy as cave bears
Robin McKie Science Editor
20, Dec, 2020 @10:30 AM
Kindred by Rebecca Wragg Sykes review – a new understanding of humanity
In this impressive reassessment Neanderthals emerge as complex, clever and caring, with a lot to tell us about human life
Katy Guest
20, Dec, 2020 @7:15 AM
The Guardian view on Amazonian cave art: a story about the environment, too | Editorial
Editorial: Astonishing rock paintings discovered in Colombia hold a lesson for today’s rainforest
Editorial
04, Dec, 2020 @6:25 PM
Marcus Banks obituary
Other Lives: Social anthropologist who emphasised the importance of using visual media in studying cultures
Richard Vokes
24, Nov, 2020 @5:34 PM
There Are Places in the World Where Rules Are Less Important Than Kindness by Carlo Rovelli – review
The Italian physicist fuses his deep knowledge of science and the arts
Andrew Anthony
10, Nov, 2020 @7:00 AM
A new chapter in the evolution of Yuval Noah Harari's Sapiens
The historian and author on adapting his phenomenal bestseller into graphic format, and why science needs storytellers
Killian Fox
08, Nov, 2020 @8:00 AM
Chimps pare down their social circle in later years – study
Researchers say chimpanzees and humans share same pattern of social ageing
Ian Sample Science editor
22, Oct, 2020 @6:00 PM
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