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Most of Stonehenge’s large boulders share origin in west woods, Wiltshire
Origins of the sarsen megaliths at Stonehenge
Grape pips reveal collapse of ancient economy in the grip of plague and climate change
While we all try to understand the new reality imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, many look to the past for historical precedents such as the Spanish flu of 1918 and the Black Plague of the 14th century. The first historically…
Researchers find evidence of smallpox in the viking age
The fatal disease smallpox is older and more widespread than scientists so far have proved. A new study by an international team of researchers from the University of Copenhagen and the University of Cambridge shows that the Vikings also suffered…
Earliest humans stayed at the Americas ‘oldest hotel’ in Mexican cave
A cave in a remote part of Mexico was visited by humans around 30,000 years ago – 15,000 years earlier than people were previously thought to have reached the Americas. Painstaking excavations of Chiquihuite Cave, located in a mountainous area…
Neanderthals of Western Mediterranean did not become extinct because of changes in climate
Homo Neanderthaliensis did not become extinct because of changes in climate. At least, this did not happen to the several Neanderthals groups that lived in the western Mediterranean 42,000 years ago. A research group of the University of Bologna came…
Mainz U history department secures EUR 2.8 million in EU funding to promote young researchers
Innovative practical elements are at the core of a new doctoral training program on Roman inscriptions; network of eight European partners selected in EU evaluation process
Tracking Australia’s gigantic carnivorous dinosaurs
North America had the T. rex, South America had the Giganotosaurus and Africa the Spinosaurus – now evidence shows Australia had gigantic predatory dinosaurs.
Australian fossil reveals new plant species
Antoine Champreux, a PhD student in the Global Ecology Lab at Flinders University, has catalogued the discovery of the new fern-like plant species as part of an international effort to examine the Australian fossil in greater detail. The fossil was…
Tomography studies of coins shed light on the history of Volga Bulgaria
Kazanites teamed up with nuclear researchers from Dubna to publish their results
Australian fossil reveals new plant species
Antoine Champreux, a PhD student in the Global Ecology Lab at Flinders University, has catalogued the discovery of the new fern-like plant species as part of an international effort to examine the Australian fossil in greater detail. The fossil was…
Tomography studies of coins shed light on the history of Volga Bulgaria
Kazanites teamed up with nuclear researchers from Dubna to publish their results
Ancient crocodiles walked on two legs like dinosaurs
An international research team has been stunned to discover that some species of ancient crocodiles walked on their two hind legs like dinosaurs and measured over three meters in length.
New fossil discovery shows 50 million-year-old Canada-Australia connection
The discovery of a tiny insect fossil is unearthing big questions about the global movement of animals and the connection to changes in climate and shifting continents across deep time. The fossil, estimated to be 50 million years old, was…
New fossil discovery shows 50 million-year-old Canada-Australia connection
The discovery of a tiny insect fossil is unearthing big questions about the global movement of animals and the connection to changes in climate and shifting continents across deep time. The fossil, estimated to be 50 million years old, was…
Remixed mantle suggests early start of plate tectonics
New Curtin University research on the remixing of Earth’s stratified deep interior suggests that global plate tectonic processes, which played a pivotal role in the existence of life on Earth, started to operate at least 3.2 billion years ago. Published…
Discovery of the oldest Chinese work of art
Carved from burnt bone, this miniature bird statuette is the oldest known Chinese work of art, according to an international team involving the CNRS, the universities of Bordeaux (France), Shandong (China), Bergen (Norway), and the Weizmann Institute of Science (Israel).…
Discovery of the oldest Chinese work of art
Carved from burnt bone, this miniature bird statuette is the oldest known Chinese work of art, according to an international team involving the CNRS, the universities of Bordeaux (France), Shandong (China), Bergen (Norway), and the Weizmann Institute of Science (Israel).…
Discovering the prehistoric monuments of Arabia
In contrast to the prehistoric remains of the Near East, the megalithic monuments of Arabia remain largely unknown. These monumental structures, made of dry stone walls, still hold many secrets in terms of their construction, function and chronology. An international…
First database on the Imjin War launched
The largest war in the world during the 16th century took place in Asia in 1592, when Japan invaded the Korean peninsula and China sent troops to help its loyal vassal state. The war lasted six years and involved more…
First database on the Imjin War launched
The largest war in the world during the 16th century took place in Asia in 1592, when Japan invaded the Korean peninsula and China sent troops to help its loyal vassal state. The war lasted six years and involved more…
Ancient genomes link subsistence change and human migration in northern China
Genetic analysis of 55 ancient individuals finds that genetic changes in Yellow River, West Liao River and Amur River populations correlate with the intensification of farming and the inclusion of a pastoral economy
Ancient genomes link subsistence change and human migration in northern China
Genetic analysis of 55 ancient individuals finds that genetic changes in Yellow River, West Liao River and Amur River populations correlate with the intensification of farming and the inclusion of a pastoral economy
Heightened interaction between neolithic migrants and hunter-gatherers in Western Europe
Analyzing the first archaeogenetic data from the Mesolithic-Neolithic transition in Western Europe, a team of French and German researchers documents levels of admixture between expanding early Neolithic farmers and local hunter-gatherers seen nowhere els
4,000 years of contact, conflict & cultural change had little genetic impact in Near East
The Near East was a crossroad for the ancient world’s greatest civilizations, and invasions over centuries caused enormous changes in cultures, religions and languages.
Genomic analysis shows long-term genetic mixing in West Asia before world’s first cities
International team provides some of the earliest genetic glimpses at the movement and interactions of populations in West Asia 8,500 years ago
Human mobility and Western Asia’s early state-level societies
Archaeogenomic analysis of Anatolia, Northern Levant and the Southern Caucasus sheds light on population dynamics from the Neolithic to Bronze Age, as peoples transitioned from farming to pastoralist communities and early state-level societies
Genomic analysis shows long-term genetic mixing in West Asia before world’s first cities
International team provides some of the earliest genetic glimpses at the movement and interactions of populations in West Asia 8,500 years ago
Human mobility and Western Asia’s early state-level societies
Archaeogenomic analysis of Anatolia, Northern Levant and the Southern Caucasus sheds light on population dynamics from the Neolithic to Bronze Age, as peoples transitioned from farming to pastoralist communities and early state-level societies
New research reveals Cannabis and Frankincense at the Judahite Shrine of Biblical Arad
Analysis of the material on two Iron Age altars discovered at the entrance to the “holy of holies” of a shrine at Tel Arad in the Beer-sheba Valley, Israel, were found to contain Cannabis and Frankincense, according to new article…
Information technology played key role in growth of ancient civilizations
When it comes to the great civilizations of human history, the pen really might have been mightier than the sword.
Information technology played key role in growth of ancient civilizations
When it comes to the great civilizations of human history, the pen really might have been mightier than the sword. That’s according to a new paper in Nature Communications that shows the ability to store and process information was as…
Information technology played key role in growth of ancient civilizations
When it comes to the great civilizations of human history, the pen really might have been mightier than the sword. That’s according to a new paper in Nature Communications that shows the ability to store and process information was as…
Dinosaur-dooming asteroid struck earth at ‘deadliest possible’ angle
The simulations show that the asteroid hit Earth at an angle of about 60 degrees, which maximised the amount of climate-changing gases thrust into the upper atmosphere.
Miniature rock art expands horizons
Traditional owners help with rare discovery
Dinosaur-dooming asteroid struck earth at ‘deadliest possible’ angle
The simulations show that the asteroid hit Earth at an angle of about 60 degrees, which maximised the amount of climate-changing gases thrust into the upper atmosphere. Such a strike likely unleashed billions of tonnes of sulphur, blocking the sun…
Early African Muslims had a halal — and cosmopolitan diet — discovery of thousands of ancient animal
Early Muslim communities in Africa ate a cosmopolitan diet as the region became a trading centre for luxury goods, the discovery of thousands of ancient animal bones has shown. Halal butchery practices became common when Islam spread through Ethiopia as…
Ear infections discovered in remains of humans living in levant 15,000 years ago
Tel Aviv University findings indicate that ear infections in the region peaked some 6,000 years ago due to high population density, poor hygiene and cold and rainy climate conditions
Miniature rock art expands horizons
Traditional owners help with rare discovery
Dinosaur-dooming asteroid struck earth at ‘deadliest possible’ angle
The simulations show that the asteroid hit Earth at an angle of about 60 degrees, which maximised the amount of climate-changing gases thrust into the upper atmosphere. Such a strike likely unleashed billions of tonnes of sulphur, blocking the sun…
Early African Muslims had a halal — and cosmopolitan diet — discovery of thousands of ancient animal
Early Muslim communities in Africa ate a cosmopolitan diet as the region became a trading centre for luxury goods, the discovery of thousands of ancient animal bones has shown. Halal butchery practices became common when Islam spread through Ethiopia as…
Ear infections discovered in remains of humans living in levant 15,000 years ago
Tel Aviv University findings indicate that ear infections in the region peaked some 6,000 years ago due to high population density, poor hygiene and cold and rainy climate conditions
7,000 years of demographic history in France
A team led by scientists from the Institut Jacques Monod (CNRS/Université de Paris)* have shown that French prehistory was punctuated by two waves of migration: the first during the Neolithic period, about 6,300 years ago, the second during the Bronze…
Supercomputer model simulations reveal cause of Neanderthal extinction
Climate scientists from the IBS Center for Climate Physics discover that, contrary to previously held beliefs, Neanderthal extinction was neither caused by abrupt glacial climate shifts, nor by interbreeding with Homo sapiens.
Supercomputer model simulations reveal cause of Neanderthal extinction
Climate scientists from the IBS Center for Climate Physics discover that, contrary to previously held beliefs, Neanderthal extinction was neither caused by abrupt glacial climate shifts, nor by interbreeding with Homo sapiens . According to new supercomputer model simulations, only…
Oldest connection with Native Americans identified near Lake Baikal in Siberia
Newly sequenced genomes from prehistoric hunter-gatherers in the region of Lake Baikal reveal connections with First Americans and across Eurasia
Supercomputer model simulations reveal cause of Neanderthal extinction
Climate scientists from the IBS Center for Climate Physics discover that, contrary to previously held beliefs, Neanderthal extinction was neither caused by abrupt glacial climate shifts, nor by interbreeding with Homo sapiens . According to new supercomputer model simulations, only…
Oldest connection with Native Americans identified near Lake Baikal in Siberia
Newly sequenced genomes from prehistoric hunter-gatherers in the region of Lake Baikal reveal connections with First Americans and across Eurasia
Madagascar copal: New dating for an Antropocene ancient resin
This material is not a semi-fossilized resin
Fishing rod ‘selfie stick’ and scientific sleuthing turn up clues to extinct sea reptile
Skeleton high on a London museum wall — mostly ignored for a century — spurs a study finding that the creatures swam in seas from England to Russia to the Arctic, Baylor University researcher says