Humans are unique in that they expend considerable effort and ingenuity in disposing of the dead. Some of the recognisable ways we do this are visible in the Pa

This volume, with essays by leading archaeologists and prehistorians, considers how prehistoric humans attempted to recognise, understand and conceptualise deat

An extraordinary exploration of the ancestry of Britain through seven burial sites. By using new advances in genetics and taking us through important archaeolog

This book reviews key themes and developments in palaeoanthropology, exploring their impact on our understanding of human origins in Africa.

For more than a century, the study of hunting and gathering societies has been central to the development of both archaeology and anthropology as academic disci