Archaeology and anthropology

• Fossilized feathers may hold a trace of colour

  Pigment remains might help to discern colours and patterns in feathered dinosaurs.

  8 July 2008

• Human evolution: Details of being human

  A difference in one molecule led physician Ajit Varki to question what sets humans apart from other apes. Bruce Lieberman meets a man who sees a big picture in the finer points.

  2 July 2008

• Online anthropology draws protest from aboriginal group

  South African tribe objects to multimedia images of remains.

  25 June 2008

• Muse: Why we should love logarithms

  The tendency of 'uneducated' people to compress the number scale for big numbers is actually an admirable way of measuring the world, says Philip Ball.

  29 May 2008

• Language: The language barrier

  Some researchers think that the evolution of languages can be understood by treating them like genomes #20; but many linguists don't want to hear about it. Emma Marris reports.

  21 May 2008

• Early Americans had a coastal diet

  Settlers travelled to the coast to get their seaweed.

  8 May 2008

• Ancient Buddhas painted in oils

  Were painters on the Silk Road way ahead of the Europeans?

  22 April 2008

• Deal for Holy Land artefacts

  Israel and Palestine draft an agreement on how to allocate archaeological sites.

  16 April 2008

• Archaeology: Bones, isles and videotape

  Old human remains found on the Pacific islands of Palau are caught in the crossfire between entertainment and science. Rex Dalton reports.

  16 April 2008

• Tanzania takes steps to save ancient human prints

  9 April 2008