Wool fibers dyed with Royal Purple,~1000 BCE, Timna Valley, Israel. Credit: Dafna Gazit, courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority Joint research by the Israel Antiquities…
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Early settlers in the Americas were accompanied by their dogs. Credit: Ettore Mazza The first people to settle in the Americas likely brought their own…
Mollusks of a sample from Southern Israel: in red, those belonging to species of Red Sea origin, in blue, those of Mediterranean origin. Native species…
Researchers analyzed embalming material from the neck of this Ancient Egyptian mummy, which was acquired by a French museum in 1837. Credit: Frédérique Vincent, ethnographic…
Northeastern Asia has a complex history of migrations and plague outbursts. That is the essence of an international archaeogenetic study published in Science Advances and…
Humans feeding leftover lean meat to wolves during harsh winters may have had a role in the early domestication of dogs, towards the end of…
The ruins of the Roman Forum, once a site of a representational government. Credit: (c) Linda Nicholas, Field Museum All good things must come to…
Sledgeteam 1 from The Denmark Expedition 1906-08. From left expedition commander Mylius-Erichsen, Niels Peter Høeg Hagen and Jørgen Brønlund. All three died on the expedition.…
Discovery of 66 New Roman Army Sites Reveals Clues About One of the Empire’s Most Infamous Conflicts
Roman military presence in Castile. Credit: romanarmy.eu The discovery of dozens of new Roman Army sites thanks to remote sensing technology has revealed more about…
Adalatherium fossils. Credit: Simone Hoffmann and Kathrine Pan The bizarre features of this mammal have scientists perplexed as to how it could have evolved; “it…
In 1533, the Bom Jesus — a Portuguese trading vessel carrying 40 tons of cargo including gold, silver, copper and more than 100 elephant tusks…
Three roughly 2,000-year-old corn cobs from the El Gigante rock shelter site in Honduras. These corn cobs were genetically analyzed by an international team of…
A segment of fiber cord that has been wrapped with turkey feathers, along with a single downy feather. Credit: WSU The ancient inhabitants of the…
Neanderthal thumbs were better adapted to holding tools in the same way that we hold a hammer, according to a paper published in Scientific Reports. The…
The discovery of a remarkably well-preserved fossil from the extinct human species Paranthropus robustus suggests rapid evolution during a turbulent period of local climate change,…
A temple rises above the rainforest at the ancient Maya city of Tikal. Credit: David Lentz Maya imported zeolite and quartz to filter drinking water.…
Life reconstruction of Cambaytherium. Credit: Elaine Kasmer Published in the prestigious Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Memoir Series, these landmark findings of over 350 fossils, will…
Detail of a medical treatise (inv. P. Carlsberg 930) from the Tebtunis temple library with headings marked in red ink. Image credit: The Papyrus Carlsberg…
Buriolestes schultzi brain. Credit: Márcio L. Castro The study of the brain of extinct organisms sheds lights on their behaviors. However, soft tissues, like the…