Christa Lesté-Lasserre

Crops don't generally thrive in desert-like ground, but 1000 years ago farmers in Israel utilised refuse such as ash and bones to turn sand into fertile land

The extent to which parents feel disgust appears to come and go, which could be important for their children's health

Lead records from Arctic glaciers indicate that people all over Europe would have been affected by pollution from metal smelting during the Roman era

Climate change may have killed ancient 'hobbit' hominins

Foxes and cats weren’t just caught for their pelts, hint cut marks and burns on bones found at a site in Israel

Swapping classrooms for the woods doesn't appear to improve most children's mental health, but they may still enjoy it

Groups of wild chimpanzees with more complex tool-using behaviours tend to be genetically linked, providing evidence for cumulative culture in other apes

A young boy who lived towards the end of the last glacial period had dark skin, blue eyes and a congenital heart condition, a study of his genome reveals

Dopamine was long thought to play a part in the placebo effect for pain relief, but a new study is questioning its true role

Interacting with animals seems to provide emotional support to young people with a serious illness, even when the contact is via letters and not face to face