Texas A&M expert: New clues revealed about Clovis people
A study by professor Michael Waters shows that tools made by some of North America’s earliest inhabitants were made only during a 300-year period.
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Ancient Maya built sophisticated water filters
Maya imported zeolite and quartz to filter drinking water
Read moreBronze Age herders were less mobile than previously thought
Bronze Age pastoralists in what is now southern Russia apparently covered shorter distances than previously thought. It is believed that
Read moreThe First Book of Breathing: A new assessment based on an edition of papyrus FMNH 31324
Existing in the afterlife – the Book of Breathing
Read moreTurbulent era sparked leap in human behavior, adaptability 320,000 years ago
New drill core shows a boom-bust landscape in the east African rift valley at a defining moment in human evolution, technology and culture
Read moreTradition of petrified birds in the Dome of the Rock
Solomon and the petrified birds
Read moreOldest securely dated evidence for a river flowing through the Thar Desert, Western India
Using luminescence dating of ancient river sediments, a new study presents evidence for river activity at Nal Quarry in the central Thar Desert starting from approximately 173 thousand years ago
Read moreWhen good governments go bad
History shows that societies collapse when leaders undermine social contracts
Read moreCultural diversity and racism in the Ancient World
Award will fund display of artefacts for education
Read moreModern humans took detours on their way to Europe
Favourable climatic conditions influenced the sequence of settlement movements of Homo sapiens in the Levant on their way from Africa
Read moreFossil footprints tell story of prehistoric parent’s journey
ITHACA, N.Y. – Hungry giant predators, treacherous mud and a tired, probably cranky toddler – more than 10,000 years ago,
Read moreHittite cuneiform scripts will go online
3,500-year-old clay tablet cuneiform texts of the Hittites will be made fully accessible online; Funding by the German Research Foundation
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