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Increased 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
Ancient 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 historiography and popular culture. The Scythians had major influences on the cultures of their powerful neighbors, spreading new technologies such…
Warriors’ 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.
Warriors’ 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
UTA team working with communities to combat environmental racism, urban sprawl
A ‘design playbook’ for historic Black communities
The 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.
Ancient Maya houses show wealth inequality is tied to despotic governance
States with more collective governance had more similarly sized houses
Towards 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
New studies in indigenous languages
Articulating lingual life histories and language ideological assemblages
Roof-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
Ancient bone artefact found
Archaeologists describe rare Lower Murray find
Award-winning professor writes forgotten women into tech-history
Women sent the first computer into space and programmed some of the 1970’s most iconic computer games; nevertheless, women are invisible in both the history and culture of computer science
Extracting 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 to the remains of a person who lived in ancient times, the information could reveal new insights about the past.…
Fossil 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
Research 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. At other sites, evidence showed killing of members of a migrant community in conflict with previously established communities, and even…
Retreat to win — How to sustain an online campaign and survive trolling and abuse
Research into UK’s successful ‘No More Page 3’ campaign identifies keys to landmark win against British newspaper giant
The Holberg Prize names public philosopher Martha C. Nussbaum as 2021 Laureate
(Bergen, Norway): Today, the Holberg Prize–one of the largest international prizes awarded annually to an outstanding researcher in the humanities, social sciences, law or theology–named American philosopher Martha C. Nussbaum as its 2021 Laureate. Nussbaum is the current Ernst Freund…
New research reveals story of Penguin’s work to bring Russian classics to English readers
New research reveals story of Penguin’s work to bring Russian classics to English readers in the 20th century
Fermented wool is the answer
FAU researchers reveal the secret of the famous Pazyryk carpet
Researchers successfully determine annual changes in genetic ancestry within Finland
Commercially available gene tests that shed light on individual’s origins are popular. They provide an estimate of the geographic regions where one’s ancestors come from. To arrive at such an estimate, the genetic information of an individual is compared to…
Asian century fades as the region grapples with social, political, and economic headwinds
A new book challenges conventional thinking about Asia
Woolly 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
Gender assumptions harm progress on climate adaption and resilience
Scientists say outdated assumptions around gender continue to hinder effective and fair policymaking and action for climate mitigation and adaptation. Lead author of a new study, Dr Jacqueline Lau from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies at…
New 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 to the UK and achieved unprecedented imaging resolution of its bony structures and dentition in an X-ray synchrotron-based investigation at…
Secrets of sealed 17th century letters revealed by dental X-ray scanners
In a world first, an international team of researchers has read an unopened letter from Renaissance Europe – without breaking its seal or damaging it in any way.
Neandertals 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 speech, according to a new study published by an international multidisciplinary team of researchers including Binghamton University anthropology professor Rolf…
UNESCO listing for AusStage
Accolade for innovative live performance record
Three Wellesley Professors Teach Students to View the Pandemic Through a Historical Lens
A year into the COVID-19 crisis, it seems like almost everyone can recall the moment they first sensed just how extensively the pandemic making its way around the world would upend their lives.
Ancient 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 to help reconstruct the embalming process used to prepare ancient Egyptians for the afterlife. It is the oldest surviving manual…
Republican and Democratic voters agree on one thing–the need for generous COVID-19 relief
Yet, Bright Line Watch finds strong partisan divides over election and impeachment.
Experts: Mental Health Challenges Facing LGBTQ Community as Record Number of U.S. Adults Identify as LGBTQ
Experts: Mental Health Challenges Facing LGBTQ Community as Record Number of U.S. Adults Identify as LGBTQ ALBANY, N.Y. (Feb. 25, 2021) – As the University at Albany continues its observation of “Gender & Sexuality Month,” several experts are available to…
Rediscovered journal brings unique perspective on Atlantic slave trade
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The trade that brought enslaved Africans to the New World was not just a story of slave ship captains and their human cargo. Many other people were part of the machinery, drawn by money or opportunity, some…
Multi-ethnic neighborhoods in England retain diversity unlike in the U.S.
Multi-ethnic neighborhoods in England retain their diversity and are much more stable than such neighborhoods in the U.S., according to geographers from the U.S. and U.K. The team examined how neighborhood diversity has changed on a national scale from 1991…
Elsevier donates original drawings of the Pernkopf Anatomy Atlas to the MedUni Vienna
Donation supports medical history research on National Socialism
New book charts the birth of male grooming
From donkey’s genitals to perfumed pampering products — new book charts the birth of male grooming
Like it or not, history shows that taxes and bureaucracy are cornerstones of democracy
Statistical analysis of 30-premodern societies links economic systems and democracy–and yields insights for today
In Response to Stephen Colbert, FAU Professor Says ‘Spice it Up’
A research professor gives a “shout out” to comedian Stephen Colbert. His motivation? Colbert previously referred to mathematical equations as the devil’s sentences and an unnatural commingling of letters and numbers – the worst being the quadratic equation – an infernal salad of numbers, letters and symbols. In response, the professor suggests that mathematics education needs to be enlivened so that students will recognize that this discipline is not merely a necessary evil, but a vibrant, exciting and fascinating subject.
New book: How oil influenced the film industry
The oil industry recognized the potential of films and movies early on and, since the start of the 20th century, has attempted to influence society through its own productions. The new book “Petrocinema”, published by researchers at Martin Luther University…
CT scans of Egyptian mummy reveal new details about the death of a pivotal pharaoh
New interpretations based on medical imaging suggest Seqenenre-Taa-II was executed by multiple attackers and embalmers had skillfully concealed some head wounds
In response to Stephen Colbert, FAU professor says ‘spice it up’
FAU College of Engineering and Computer Science professor makes complex equations more palatable using history
50 years since decimalisation: A very British compromise
Researcher Andy Cook says that European considerations played little part in the UK’s move to decimal currency in 1971
Robertson to receive NEH funding for spatial history of 1935 racial violence
Stephen M. Robertson, Professor, History and Art History, is set to receive $45,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities for the project: “Harlem in Disorder: A Spatial History of How Racial Violence Changed in 1935.” Via this study, Robertson…
Disease epidemic possibly caused population collapse in Central Africa 1600-1400 years ago
A new study published in the journal Science Advances shows that Bantu-speaking communities in the Congo rainforest underwent a major population collapse from 1600 to 1400 years ago, probably due to a prolonged disease epidemic, and that significant resettlement did…
US cities segregated not just by where people live, but where they travel daily
PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — One thing that decades of social science research has made abundantly clear? Americans in urban areas live in neighborhoods deeply segregated by race — and they always have. Less clear, however, is whether city-dwellers stay…
Earliest known conch shell horn plays its tune for the first time in 17,000 years
First record of the sound produced by the oldest Upper Paleolithic seashell horn
New history of photography focuses on presidents
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — From the advent of photography to the age of social media, U.S. presidents have been among the most common subjects for the camera. So what better way to tell a story of the medium’s evolution than through…
“Fake News” Went Viral After the Death of King James I
Alastair Bellany, chair of Rutgers University-New Brunswick’s history department, discusses how the death of one early-modern English king spurred a viral conspiracy theory that, through pamphlets and word of mouth, contributed to the execution of the next king – and whether parallels can be drawn to our own age of QAnon-fueled and politically driven lies about everything from vaccines to election integrity.
How diseases and history are intertwined
Today, the average American is unlikely to spend time worrying about malaria. Although the disease is commonly perceived to be restricted to other parts of the world, it played a significant role in shaping American history. It even helped turn…
The wars in Former Yugoslavia continue in the classroom
According to the Education Act, schools in the ethnically divided Bosnia and Herzegovina must teach students “democratic ideals in a multicultural society.” But according to new research from the University of Copenhagen, the opposite happens: Segregated schools perpetuate ethnic divisions…