New research provides evidence of demographic shifts in sub-Saharan Africa. A new analysis of human remains that were buried in African archaeological sites has produced…
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Reconstruction of ancient human in the Lazaret Cave, France (Pay attention to the location of the hearth). Credit: De Lumley, M. A. . néandertalisation (pp.…
An international team led by researchers at the University of Huddersfield has used ancient DNA to rewrite the history of the Orkney islands. The research…
Did comet’s fiery destruction lead to downfall of ancient Hopewell? Researchers at the University of Cincinnati find evidence of cosmic cataclysm 1,500 years ago at…
Ancient Indigenous people in Peru had a unique response to the looting and destruction of their ancestors’ graves during the European colonial period, an international…
Professor Søren M. Sindbæk has directed the Northern Emporium project in the emporium Ribe, Denmark. The archaeological stratigraphy of the sites has secured an improved…
Homo erectus in East Africa surrounded by contemporary fauna. Credit: Mauricio Anton New study calls into question the importance of meat-eating in shaping our evolution.…
Nimba Mountains, Guinea. Credit: Kathelijne Koops, UZH Chimpanzees don’t automatically know what to do when they come across nuts and stones. Researchers at the University…
A string of modern ostrich eggshell beads from eastern Africa. Credit: Hans Sell New archeological study shows ancient connection between populations 3,000 km apart, and…
A photograph of the skeleton of one of the four individuals who we have sequenced who we think is likely to have participated in the…
Credit: Leiden University In Bronze Age Europe many bronze objects such as axes, swords, and jewels were deliberately left at specific spots in the landscape.…
A mummified adult man of the Ansilta culture, from the Andes of San Juan, Argentina, dating back approx 2,000 years. Credit: Universidad Nacional de San…
A photograph of the skeleton of one of the four individuals who we have sequenced who we think is likely to have participated in the…
Facemask of the never-before unwrapped mummy of pharaoh Amenhotep I. Credit: S. Saleem and Z. Hawass Study shows that 21st dynasty restorers ‘lovingly restored’ mummy,…
Sampling of an undisturbed block of impregnated sediment for ancient DNA analyses. Credit: MPI f. Evolutionary Anthropology Ancient human and animal DNADNA, or deoxyribonucleic acid,…
Hazleton Long Barrow. Credit: Courtesy of Corinium Museum, copyright Cotswold District Council Analysis of ancient DNADNA, or deoxyribonucleic acid, is a molecule composed of two…
Floating platform from which the researchers from the University of Bonn took drill cores from the lake sediment on Lake Iznik (Turkey) and determined the…
Hunter-gatherers caused ecosystems to change 125,000 years ago. These are the findings of an interdisciplinary study by archaeologists from Leiden University in collaboration with other…
Jamie Hodgkins, lead researcher, and team at the burial discovery site in Italy. Credit: Jamie Hodkins, PhD, CU Denver Working in a cave in Liguria,…
Cooperation and aggression. Meerkats are showing us that one may not be possible without the other. In a study appearing this week in the journal…