"Our history is far richer and more complex than we imagined," said human evolutionary geneticist Aylwyn Scally.

It could potentially reveal similar “milestones in human artistic development” by studying other ancient tattoos and shed light on the evolution of tattooing methods, they say. The Independent ...

If tattoo combs were made from human bone ... from Griffith’s Australian Research Centre for Human Evolution, worked with Associate Professor Geoffrey Clark, at the Australian National ...

Ian Randall is Newsweek's Deputy Science Editor, based in Royston, U.K. His focus is reporting on science and health. He has covered archeology, geology, and physics extensively. Ian joined ...