Italian police seize Etruscan princesses’ treasures from suspected ‘tomb raiders’
‘It does not have to be this way’: the radical optimism of David Graeber
October 2024
Revealed: face of a Sudanese princess entombed in Egypt 2,500 years ago
New exhibition shows how Perth museum traced Ta-Kr-Hb mummy’s origin to Kingdom of Kush – modern day Sudan
‘Bodies were dropped down quarry shafts’: secrets of millions buried in Paris catacombs come to light
Researchers hope to uncover how people died and how diseases have developed over 1,000 years
‘Baby brain’? ‘Fussy eater’? By dispelling such myths, science is taking the shame out of parenting
Lucy Jones
Most childcare advice is simply opinion; research based on data and evidence is the liberation we need, says author Lucy Jones
August 2024
Prehistoric humans may have stuck pikes in ground to kill mammoths, say experts
‘Hobbit’ bone from tiny species of ancient humans found on Indonesian island
July 2024
Men are spending more time looking after their children – and it’s not just cultural, it’s in their genes
Jonathan Kennedy
New research turns on its head the idea that the cascade of hormones brought on by parenthood is limited to mothers, says academic and author Jonathan Kennedy
June 2024
Fossil of Neanderthal child with Down’s syndrome hints at early humans’ compassion
Skull anatomy shows the boy or girl would have been severely disabled, yet survived until the age of six
One exclusive Australian institution is facing up to its deeply racist past while another backs away from it
Paul Daley
The University of Melbourne and the South Australian Museum are taking starkly different approaches to addressing their toxic histories
Does a cave beneath Pembroke Castle hold key to fate of early Britons?
Maya twins myth may have influenced child sacrifices, study suggests
Notes and queries
Readers reply: why do neanderthals have such a bad reputation?
May 2024
‘Denying history is simply lying’: how the University of Melbourne honoured racists, thieves and body snatchers
An unflinching examination of its own history has revealed shocking stories in the sandstone foundations of a revered institution
Notes and queries
Why do neanderthals have such a bad reputation?
The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts
Other lives
Alex Hooper obituary
Other lives: Film-maker, curator and archaeologist with an expertise in Palaeolithic cave art
March 2024
Scientists link elusive human group to 150,000-year-old Chinese ‘dragon man’
Kuru: unravelling the mystery disease that left entire Papua New Guinean villages without women
February 2024
Stone age wall found at bottom of Baltic Sea ‘may be Europe’s oldest megastructure’
Structure stretches for almost a kilometre off coast of Germany and may have once stood by a lake
January 2024
Seascape: the state of our oceans
Off the charts: how a Polynesian canoe inspired a renaissance in traditional seafaring
The Hōkūleʻa’s oceanic voyages,navigated by the stars, have led other Indigenous people to revive their own ancient traditions – and serve as a call to action on the climate
