Neanderthals were a species of human that lived in Europe and Asia between about 200,000 and 30,000 years ago. They are known for their distinctive…
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The ancient ivory comb Credit: Dafna Gazit, Israel Antiquities Authority The Hebrew University has discovered an ivory comb from 1700 BCE that is inscribed with…
According to new research, the footprints that are believed to be evidence of ice age humans in North America need more accurate dating. A new…
Sponsian gold coin, c.260-c.270 CE (obverse). Credit: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow According to recent University College of London research, a gold coin long regarded…
Coin of the ‘emperor’ Sponsian, currently in The Hunterian, University of Glasgow, UK, catalog number GLAHM:40333 (reproduced from Ref. [1]). Credit: Pearson et al., 2022,…
The authors believe that chlorobenzenes are linked with the increased corrosion in the Roman bowl. Scientists discover that a modern pesticide accelerated the corrosion of…
The stones range from 4,500 to 3,600 years old. The stone spheres are believed to be from an Ancient Greek board game. According to archaeologists…
The upper jaw of the infant of Yuanmoupithecus. Credit: Terry Harrison, NYU’s Department of Anthropology The oldest gibbon fossil was discovered in southwest China. The…
The Marburg male mummy – macroscopic views of the whole mummy. Credit: A-M Begerock, R Loynes, OK Peschel, J Verano, R Bianucci, I Martinez Armijo,…
Main view of the Bronze Age Karashamb Necropolis. The study includes 26 individuals from the Late Bronze and Early Iron Ages of this site. Credit:…
The SK 48 cranium of an ancient hominin, Paranthropus robustus, was one of the fossils included in the analysis of some new claims on human…
Four different Australopithecus crania that were found in the Sterkfontein caves, South Africa. The Sterkfontein cave fill containing this and other Australopithecus fossils was dated…
According to a new study, the ancestry of dogs can be traced to at least two populations of ancient wolves. Credit: Jessica Rae Peto An…
The archaeological site of Kemune in the dried-up area of the Mosul reservoir. Credit: Universities of Freiburg and Tübingen, KAO Drought Reveals 3400-Year-Old Urban Center…
Detail from an illustration of Genyornis being chased from its nest by a Megalania lizard in prehistoric Australia. Credit: Illustration supplied by the artist Peter…
A close-up of the tooth from a ‘birds-eye’ viewpoint. Credit: Fabrice Demeter (University of Copenhagen/CNRS Paris) Denisovans, a sister species of modern humans, inhabited Laos…
According to a new study, hunter-gatherers made use of open woodland conditions in the millennia before Stonehenge monuments were built. Research study investigates habitat conditions…
Georgia Tech professor David Citrin (right) and adjunct professor Alexandre Locquet stand in front of an image of the 16th-century funerary cross used in their…
Overlook of Tombs in high altitudes. Excavated from Jierzankale site in Tashikuergan, Kashi region. Credit: YAN Xuguang, Kashi Daily Xinjiang, in northwest China, lays at…