Figure 1. Preferred habitats of Homo sapiens (purple shading, left), Homo heidelbergensis (red shading, middle), Homo neanderthalensis (blue shading, right) calculated from a new paleoclimate…
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Reconstruction of an Avar-period armored horseman based on Grave 1341/1503 of the Derecske-Bikás-dűlő site (Déri Museum, Debrecen). Credit: © Ilona C. Kiss Multidisciplinary research team…
The Great Pyramid of Giza might be the most iconic structure humans ever built. Ancient civilizations constructed archaeological icons that are a testament to their…
A carved Pictish symbol stone uncovered in a field in Aberlemno. Only 200 Pictish symbol stones are known to exi. Credit: University of Aberdeen Rare…
Archaeologists excavating the well-preserved surface at the Xiamabei site, northern China, showing stone tools, fossils, ochre and red pigments. Credit: Fa-Gang Wang A well-preserved Paleolithic…
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…
Pollen data from 19 modern European countries reveals that although the Black Death had a devastating impact in some regions, parts of Europe experienced negligible…
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…
Daisen Kofun, aerial view. Credit: © Ministry of Territory, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, under kind permission A research group at the Politecnico di Milano analyzed…
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.…
A world-first – or solar system-first – archaeological project has this week begun on the International Space Station. Led by archaeologists Associate Professor Alice Gorman…
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 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,…