Long before agriculture, humans were transforming Europe’s wild landscapes. Advanced simulations show that hunting and fire use by Neanderthals and Mesolithic hunter-gatherers reshaped forests and ...

A western European ‘water world’ was a holdout for hunter-gatherers for thousands of years. Ancient inhabitants of the Rhine–Meuse river delta — wetland, riverine and coastal areas of modern-day ...

Researchers at the University of Huddersfield have used ancient DNA to reveal that hunter-gatherers in one part of Europe survived for thousands of years longer than anywhere else on the continent—and ...

Western European hunter-gatherer DNA (WHG) has a link to Italians who live to be at least a hundred. While Italians have more ancient DNA than just WHG, it is the only component of their DNA that has ...

Burned bone fragments found in northern Malawi have revealed the oldest cremation pyre ever found in Africa — and unearthed new mysteries that may be hard to solve. By analyzing the bones and pyre ...

About 9,500 years ago, a community of hunter-gatherers in central Africa cremated a small woman on an open pyre at the base of Mount Hora, a prominent natural landmark in what is now northern Malawi, ...

Marlize Lombard works for the University of Johannesburg. She received funding from the National Research Foundation of South Africa. New genetic research is shedding light on some of the earliest ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - The group behind a petition to overturn Missouri’s new congressional map claims signature gatherers are being paid to stop working with them. A new federal lawsuit reveals ...

(The Center Square) – Last month, the Snohomish Police Department issued a statement telling people not to call 911 in response to initiative signature gatherers operating outside stores such as Fred ...

TACOMA — Reports of escalating confrontations toward political signature gatherers in Washington — including incidents of harassment, theft, and property damage — have prompted concern from state ...

(The Center Square) – Let’s Go Washington signature gatherers for two initiatives continue to endure threats, intimidation, destruction of property, and, in some cases, assaults, the organization ...

Signature-gatherers for two Washington initiatives reported harassment and threats. Multiple arrests followed incidents of stolen petitions and physical confrontations. State officials and advocacy ...