Published in PLOS ONE today, a study by an international team from the Perot Museum of Nature and Science in Dallas and Hokkaido University in…
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An international research team has conducted the first in-depth, wide-scale study of the genomic history of ancient civilizations in the central Andes mountains and coast…
The image was drawn from a complete, 3-dimensional fossil discovered in Madagascar. The unusually large mammal, named Adalatherium, is part of a group of mammals…
This image shows the skull of one of the individuals studied along with tubes for genetic and isotope testing. Credit: Collection: San José de los…
Life-like reconstruction of Adalatherium hui from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar. Credit: ©Denver Museum of Nature & Science/Andrey Atuchin International team of researchers, led by…
Upper part of the body of grave 43 during excavation. The girl had an artificially deformed skull, was place in a grave with a side…
Radiocarbon dating, invented in the late 1940s and improved ever since to provide more precise measurements, is the standard method for determining the dates of…
The Broken Hill (Kabwe 1) skull is one of the best-preserved fossils of Homo heidelbergensis. Credit: Natural History Museum London. Griffith University scientists have led…
A Homo erectus skullcap found northwest of Johannesburg in South Africa has been identified as the oldest to date, in research published in Science. The…
The original complete skull (without mandible) of a 1,8 million years old Paranthropus robustus (SK-48 Swartkrans (26°00’S 27°45’E), Gauteng,), discovered in South Africa. Collection of…
Research led by the University of Arizona Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research has anchored a long sequence of tree rings, providing context for the civilizations that…
The majority of the bones found at the site investigated, in the Russian Plains, are from mammoths. A total of 51 lower jaws and 64…
General morphology of retouched shell tools, Figs C-L are from the Pigorini Museum. Credit: Villa et al., 2020 Neandertals collected clam shells and pumice from…
Deformation of the calcaneus (tarsal bone) in wild boars reared in captivity compared to wild boars in their natural environment. The colored dots indicate the…
The Transatlantic Slave Trade transported more than 9 million Africans to the Americas between the early 16th and the mid-19th centuries. Scientists are now utilizing…
The largest study to date of the genetic history of ancient populations of Sicily, Sardinia and the Balearic Islands shows a complex pattern of migration…
Stone tools found at the Dhaba site corresponding with the Toba volcanic super-eruption levels. Pictured here are diagnostic Middle Palaeolithic core types. Credit: Chris Clarkson…
In Quebec, gravestones did not come into common use until the second half of the 19th century, so historical cemeteries contain many unmarked graves. Inspired…
Using dental microwear texture analysis on from a 28,500-year-old fossil site, researchers found evidence of of early-stage domestication of dogs. Analysis of Paleolithic-era teeth from…