Scientists uncover the last meal of a cretaceous pollinator
While pollinators such as bees and butterflies provide crucial ecosystem services today, little is known about the origin of the
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Genomes of the earliest Europeans
An international research team has sequenced the genomes of the oldest securely dated modern humans in Europe who lived around 45,000 years ago in Bacho Kiro Cave, Bulgaria.
Read moreEarly humans in the Kalahari were as innovative as their coastal neighbours
Archaeological evidence in a rockshelter at the edge of the Kalahari Desert, South Africa, is challenging the idea that the origins of our species were linked to coastal environments
Read moreModern analysis of rock art
Machine learning opens new doors in archaeology
Read moreIncreased precipitation and the watery miracles of Italian saints
A new study published in the journal Climatic Change examines the cultural impacts of climate change in Italy during the first millennium AD
Read moreMummified parrots point to trade in the ancient Atacama desert
Ancient Egyptians mummified cats, dogs, ibises and other animals, but closer to home in the South American Atacama desert, parrot
Read moreAI and satellite images come together to discover hidden archaeological sites
The Cultural Landscapes Scanner pilot project will exploit Artificial Intelligence to detect the archaeological heritage of the subsoil. The project will last three years and will be carried out by IIT in collaboration with the European Space Agency
Read moreAncient genomes trace the origin and decline of the Scythians
Because of their interactions and conflicts with the major contemporaneous civilizations of Eurasia, the Scythians enjoy a legendary status in
Read moreWarriors’ down bedding could ease journey to realm of the dead
The burial field in Valsgärde outside Uppsala in central Sweden contains more than 90 graves from the Iron Age.
Read moreWarriors’ down bedding could ease journey to realm of the dead
This may well be the most interesting story about pillows and bedding you will ever read
Read moreAncient megafaunal mutualisms and extinctions as factors in plant domestication
Of the vast diversity of plants on Earth, only a few evolved to become prominent agricultural crops. Scholars now suggest they originally evolved to secure mutualistic relationships with now-extinct megafauna
Read moreFor ancient farmers facing climate change, more grazing meant more resilience
How changing their lifestyle helped people in an ancient settlement adapt to a new reality
Read moreThe world’s earliest stone technologies are likely to be older than previously thought
A new study from the University of Kent’s School of Anthropology and Conservation has found that Oldowan and Acheulean stone tool technologies are likely to be tens of thousands of years older than current evidence suggests.
Read moreAncient Maya houses show wealth inequality is tied to despotic governance
States with more collective governance had more similarly sized houses
Read moreTowards a better understanding of societal responses to climate change
Scholars of archaeology, geography, history and paleoclimatology lay out a new framework for uncovering climate-society interactions
Read moreAssessing Classic Maya multi-scalar household inequality in southern Belize
Assessments of house size in Classic Maya communities (250-900 CE) suggests that they experienced higher wealth inequalities than Mesoamerican areas
Read moreBronze Age mining sites received deliveries of pre-processed foods
Cereal plant remains at an Austrian mining site were processed, but not on site
Read moreThe lambs break their silence
A study of ancient bones shows that Early Neolithic sheep-breeders were faced with high levels of mortality among young animals
Read moreWorth one’s salt
Researchers at LSU uncover more on the ancient Maya commodity
Read moreNew studies in indigenous languages
Articulating lingual life histories and language ideological assemblages
Read moreStegosaurus teeth from Eastern Siberia show high wear and replacement rate
Stegosaurus teeth from Eastern Siberia show high wear and replacement rate, and could indicate adaptations to life at high latitudes.
Read moreRoof-tiles in imperial China: Creating Ximing Temple’s lotus-pattern tile ends
Researchers from Kanazawa University and the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences cast light on the production of roof tiles during the Tang dynasty through a study of variations in lotus-pattern tile ends recovered from the Ximing Temple in Xi’an
Read moreAncient bone artefact found
Archaeologists describe rare Lower Murray find
Read morePNAS announces six 2020 Cozzarelli Prize recipients
WASHINGTON, DC – The Editorial Board of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) has selected six papers
Read moreAn ancient Maya ambassador’s bones show a life of privilege and hardship
Ajpach’ Waal forged an alliance between two dynasties but died in obscurity
Read moreResearch discovers malaria devastating humans far earlier than expected
New bioarchaeological research shows malaria has threatened human communities for more than 7000 years, earlier than when the onset of farming was thought to have sparked its devastating arrival.
Read moreExperts recreate a mechanical Cosmos for the world’s first computer
Researchers at UCL have solved a major piece of the puzzle that makes up the ancient Greek astronomical calculator known
Read moreResearch discovers malaria devastating humans far earlier than expected
New bioarchaeological research shows malaria has threatened human communities for more than 7000 years, earlier than when the onset of
Read moreFossils from “Vegetational Pompeii” Resolve Deep Palaeontology Mystery
A recent study on spectacular fossil plants preserved in a volcanic ash fall deposit–known as China’s “vegetational Pompeii,” in Inner
Read moreExtracting information from ancient teeth
There’s a surprising amount of information stored in the hardened plaque, or calculus, between teeth. And if that calculus belongs
Read moreGenetic analysis of ancient massacre reveals instance of indiscriminate killing
Genetic analysis provides clarity and also prompts further questions around an ancient massacre in Potočani, Croatia, in a study published
Read moreScythian people weren’t just nomadic warriors, but sometimes settled down
Varied diets and limited mobility challenge stereotypes of ancient steppe populations
Read moreAncient group once considered nomadic stayed local
Images As far back as the Greek historian Herodotus, a group of people called the Scythians were considered highly mobile
Read moreResearchers solve more of the mystery of Laos megalithic jars
‘Plain of Jars’ dates put at 1240 to 660 BCE
Read moreFossil lamprey larvae overturn textbook assumptions on vertebrate origins
Study shows studies of the origin of vertebrates – including human – were based on incorrect assumptions since the late 1800s
Read moreResearch reveals oldest documented site of indiscriminate mass killing
In previous research, ancient massacre sites found men who died while pitted in battle or discovered executions of targeted families.
Read moreWorld’s first dinosaur preserved sitting on nest of eggs with fossilized babies
The fossil in question is that of an oviraptorosaur, a group of bird-like theropod dinosaurs that thrived during the Cretaceous
Read moreWoolly mammoths may have shared the landscape with first humans in New England
Researchers trace the age of a rib fragment of the Mount Holly mammoth
Read moreFermented wool is the answer
FAU researchers reveal the secret of the famous Pazyryk carpet
Read moreStudy: Bahamas were settled earlier than believed
It’s believed early settlers to the islands eventually changed the landscape of the Bahamas
Read morePrehistoric killing machine exposed
Previously thought of as heavy, slow and sluggish, the 260-million-year-old predator, Anteosaurus, was a ferocious hunter-killer
Read moreJourney of a skull: How a single human cranium wound up alone in a cave in Italy
Rare evidence from Eneolithic cranium suggests funerary treatment of corpse
Read moreNew technology allows scientists first glimpse of intricate details of Little Foot’s life
In June 2019, an international team brought the complete skull of the 3.67-million-year-old Little Foot Australopithecus skeleton, from South Africa
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The human brain grew as a result of the extinction of large animals
A new paper by Dr. Miki Ben-Dor and Prof. Ran Barkai from the Jacob M. Alkow Department of Archaeology at Tel Aviv University proposes an original unifying explanation for the physiological, behavioral and cultural evolution of the human species, from its first appearance about two million years ago, to the agricultural revolution (around 10,000 BCE).
Read moreNeandertals had the capacity to perceive and produce human speech
BINGHAMTON, NY — Neandertals — the closest ancestor to modern humans — possessed the ability to perceive and produce human
Read moreDeep dive into bioarchaeological data reveals Mediterranean migration trends over 8,000 years
A team of international researchers led by a Florida State University assistant professor has analyzed reams of data from the
Read moreExamining the impact of climate change on Siberia’s stores of permafrost
Northumbria University is to play a leading role in a major study to assess the long-term impact of global warming on Siberia’s thawing permafrost
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Under climate stress, human innovation set stage for population surge
Instead of a collapse amid dry conditions, development of agriculture and increasingly complex human social structures set the stage for a dramatic increase in human population in central plains of China around 3,900 to 3,500 years ago.
Read moreAncient Egyptian manual reveals new details about mummification
Based on a manual recently discovered in a 3,500-year-old medical papyrus, University of Copenhagen Egyptologist Sofie Schiødt has been able
Read moreUsing a multipronged approach to investigate the diet of ancient dogs
Coprolites, or fossilized dog feces, are often used to understand the dietary preferences of ancient civilizations. However, the samples are
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